Overriding competent medical treatment refusal by adolescents: When "no" means "no"

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 94, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 487-491

  Johnston, Carolyn ^a  

^a Guy's Campus   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DECISION MAKING; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; MENTAL COMPETENCY; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

EID: 67649710394     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2008.149781     Document Type: Review

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