An ill-appearing 2-year-old with a fever and stiff neck


An ill-appearing 2-year-old with a fever and stiff neck appears to have meningitis. His parents refuse a lumbar puncture on the grounds that they have heard spinal taps are extremely dangerous and painful.

What are the physician's legal-ethical obligations in this case?

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