A 5-year-old child presents to the hospital ER after a motor vehicle accident. She is hypotensive and in shock. The physician suspects that her spleen is ruptured. He recommends to the parents that she undergo an emergency exploratory laparotomy for possible splenorrhaphy or splenectomy, and he writes orders to type and cross-match blood for possible transfusion replacement. The parents refuse all treatment based on religious grounds. 1. what legal and ethical issues can you identify? 2. Could the parents be charged if the child were to die? How could the physician resolve this situation?