A review of children's decision-making competence in health care

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 17, Issue 23, 2008, Pages 3131-3141

  Mårtenson, Eva K ^a,b   Fägerskiöld, Astrid M ^b  

^a RYHOV COUNTY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Assess; Children; Decision making competence; Dependency; Information; Participation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; SELF CONCEPT;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; SELF EFFICACY;

EID: 56349120248     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2006.01920.x     Document Type: Article

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