More than a decade has passed since the landmark High Court decision in Marion’s Case,1 where the Court authorised the sterilisation of a young woman who suffered from a disability. Recently, the principles established in that case were applied by the Family Court in a different context – for the provision of hormonal treatment for a 13 year old child,2 some aspects of which are irreversible. Previously, the Family Court had authorised gender reassignment surgery for a child suffering from a physical, congenital condition,3 but notably in Re Alex, the subject child suffered no identified physical condition indicating treatment, but from an identified psychological condition, gender identity dysphoria. This article considers the issues raise...
Parental refusal to consent for medical and surgical consent can present children's nurses with a pr...
The Constitutional Court judgments of Teddy Bear Clinic for Abused Children and Another v Minister o...
The Family Court of Australia has stepped back from a previously perceived need for involvement in t...
Clinical and legal regulation of consent to medical treatment for trans youth, both binary and non-b...
The case of Quincy Bell & Mrs A v The Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust and Ors is a Judici...
Free to read on journal website (may need to create free account first) - Gender dysphoria is a cond...
Australian trans youth seeking medical treatment for gender dysphoria can encounter significant lega...
Free to read on journal website (may need to create free account first)\ud \ud - Gender dysphoria is...
Legal and clinical complexities surrounding consent to medical treatment for trans and gender divers...
The age requirement included in the World Professional Association of Transgender Health (WPATH) Sta...
Some children at a very young age could feel, in the deepest realm of self-perception, to belong to ...
This article traces how the rise of respect for children’s consent during the 1980s has fallen durin...
In this paper, we consider the ethico-legal issues surrounding gender-affirming surgeries in minors,...
A dilemma exists when a doctor is faced with a child or young person who refuses medically indicated...
When a child is born with indeterminate genitalia (so-called intersex or disordered sex development)...
Parental refusal to consent for medical and surgical consent can present children's nurses with a pr...
The Constitutional Court judgments of Teddy Bear Clinic for Abused Children and Another v Minister o...
The Family Court of Australia has stepped back from a previously perceived need for involvement in t...
Clinical and legal regulation of consent to medical treatment for trans youth, both binary and non-b...
The case of Quincy Bell & Mrs A v The Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust and Ors is a Judici...
Free to read on journal website (may need to create free account first) - Gender dysphoria is a cond...
Australian trans youth seeking medical treatment for gender dysphoria can encounter significant lega...
Free to read on journal website (may need to create free account first)\ud \ud - Gender dysphoria is...
Legal and clinical complexities surrounding consent to medical treatment for trans and gender divers...
The age requirement included in the World Professional Association of Transgender Health (WPATH) Sta...
Some children at a very young age could feel, in the deepest realm of self-perception, to belong to ...
This article traces how the rise of respect for children’s consent during the 1980s has fallen durin...
In this paper, we consider the ethico-legal issues surrounding gender-affirming surgeries in minors,...
A dilemma exists when a doctor is faced with a child or young person who refuses medically indicated...
When a child is born with indeterminate genitalia (so-called intersex or disordered sex development)...
Parental refusal to consent for medical and surgical consent can present children's nurses with a pr...
The Constitutional Court judgments of Teddy Bear Clinic for Abused Children and Another v Minister o...
The Family Court of Australia has stepped back from a previously perceived need for involvement in t...