Add to ORKGHealthcare providers must obtain consent before performing any procedure or providing treatment to an individual. The defining lines of consent begin to gray when a child shows competency and understanding of a treatment or procedure and has different wishes than their guardians. This raises many legal and ethical dilemmas for healthcare providers who must determine which decision to uphold. This paper will examine the definition of a minor and the legal and ethical challenges associated with who has permission to give consent for a child of minor age
Many children approaching the age of majority struggle with severe and sometimes terminal illnesses....
Health care providers who treat adolescents may also be required to diagnose and treat the reproduct...
This brief will explore the legal topic of the mature minor doctrine, and developmental differences ...
Healthcare providers must obtain consent before performing any procedure or providing treatment to a...
Parental refusal to consent for medical and surgical consent can present children's nurses with a pr...
The dilemmas between legal obligations and ethical responsibilities can often create problems in cli...
In this first article of two, the author considers some of the legal issues surrounding the matter o...
This edition of the O&G Forum is dedicated to various aspects of Obstetrical and Gynaecological car...
The school nurse cannot give your teenage daughter an aspirin for her headache without your permissi...
In this article, I examine the role of minors’ competence for medical decision-making in abstract mo...
The provision of informed consent by a patient should be the end point of a process of engagement in...
The ethical and legal obligations with respect to treating a minor can be confusing, particularly in...
The absolute right to refuse medical treatment, even if the reasons are irrational, is confined to c...
In the care of adolescents, health care providers often face situations raising ethical concerns or ...
Patient’s autonomy to make his own decision is an ethical principle that has been interpreted into t...
Many children approaching the age of majority struggle with severe and sometimes terminal illnesses....
Health care providers who treat adolescents may also be required to diagnose and treat the reproduct...
This brief will explore the legal topic of the mature minor doctrine, and developmental differences ...
Healthcare providers must obtain consent before performing any procedure or providing treatment to a...
Parental refusal to consent for medical and surgical consent can present children's nurses with a pr...
The dilemmas between legal obligations and ethical responsibilities can often create problems in cli...
In this first article of two, the author considers some of the legal issues surrounding the matter o...
This edition of the O&G Forum is dedicated to various aspects of Obstetrical and Gynaecological car...
The school nurse cannot give your teenage daughter an aspirin for her headache without your permissi...
In this article, I examine the role of minors’ competence for medical decision-making in abstract mo...
The provision of informed consent by a patient should be the end point of a process of engagement in...
The ethical and legal obligations with respect to treating a minor can be confusing, particularly in...
The absolute right to refuse medical treatment, even if the reasons are irrational, is confined to c...
In the care of adolescents, health care providers often face situations raising ethical concerns or ...
Patient’s autonomy to make his own decision is an ethical principle that has been interpreted into t...
Many children approaching the age of majority struggle with severe and sometimes terminal illnesses....
Health care providers who treat adolescents may also be required to diagnose and treat the reproduct...
This brief will explore the legal topic of the mature minor doctrine, and developmental differences ...