"A Sick Child Deserves Its Rights": Law, Religion, And Children's Medical Care In The United States, 1870–1910

TY - JOUR

T1 - "A Sick Child Deserves Its Rights": Law, Religion, And Children's Medical Care In The United States, 1870–1910

AU - Curry, Lynne

N1 - At the turn of the twentieth century, troubling medical neglect cases raised new questions about children's rights to physical care and adults' responsibilities in providing it to them. When demonstrably effective therapies such as diphtheria antitoxin became available, were parents obligated to seek them for their gravely ill children?

PY - 2017/1/1

Y1 - 2017/1/1

UR - https://muse.jhu.edu/article/670512

U2 - 10.1353/hcy.2017.0044

DO - 10.1353/hcy.2017.0044

M3 - Article

VL - 10

JO - Journal of the History of Childhood and Youth

JF - Journal of the History of Childhood and Youth

ER -