When a treatment team decides to go to court to obtain permission to provide chemotherapy for a child whose parents refuse to give consent for the treatment based on religious grounds, the ethical principles that are in conflict are

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The parents' autonomy to make decisions for their child is in conflict with the beneficence (doing good) of the health care team. The other principles are not relevant to the scenario.

When a Treatment Team Decides to Go to Court to Obtain