Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: Legal and ethical aspects

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 192-194

  Foreman, D M ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONFIDENTIALITY; COOPERATION; ETHICAL DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; INDEPENDENCE; INFORMED CONSENT; JUSTICE; LAW; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; REVIEW; BIOETHICS; CHILD WELFARE; ETHICS; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAL ETHICS; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNITED KINGDOM;

ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; BIOETHICAL ISSUES; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CONFIDENTIALITY; ETHICS, CLINICAL; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; MODELS, THEORETICAL;

EID: 33644820812     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2004.064576     Document Type: Review

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