Which of the following legislation allows physicians to legally withhold treatment, including food and water, from infants who are chronically and irreversibly comatose?
A. federal Child Abuse Amendments
B. best interest of the child act
C. abandoned infant act
D. parens patriae
E. safe haven law
A. federal Child Abuse Amendments
Under the federal Child Abuse Amendments, if the parents agree, physicians may legally withhold treatment, including food and water, from infants who are chronically and irreversibly comatose, will most certainly die and for whom treatment is considered futile, or would suffer inhumanely if treatment were provided.
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