Making decisions for children

Angle Orthodontist

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 300-305

  Mouradian, Wendy E ^a,b  

^a SEATTLE CHILDREN S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Assent; Children; Competency of minors; Decision making for minors; Elective procedures; Ethics; Informed consent; Orthodontics; Parental permission

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD ADVOCACY; DECISION MAKING; DENTAL CARE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MENTAL CAPACITY; ORTHODONTICS; PARENT; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

CHILD; CHILD ADVOCACY; DECISION MAKING; DENTAL CARE FOR CHILDREN; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; MENTAL COMPETENCY; ORTHODONTICS; PARENTS; PATIENT PARTICIPATION;

EID: 0033172939     PISSN: 00033219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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