The empowerment of children: Who decides?

Accident and Emergency Nursing

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 11-14

  Kitching, D ^a  

^a Killingbeck Hospital   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BEHAVIOR; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CHILD WELFARE; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LEGAL ASPECT; MENTAL CAPACITY; NURSING ASSESSMENT; REVIEW; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CHILD WELFARE; COMMUNICATION; DECISION MAKING; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; MENTAL COMPETENCY; NURSING ASSESSMENT; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 0031598632     PISSN: 09652302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0965-2302(98)90051-0     Document Type: Article

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