'This House believes that we have gone too far in granting young people the responsibility for making decisions about their own healthcare': Record of a debate held in the Ethics and Law session of the RCPCH Annual Meeting, York 2009

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 123-126

  Larcher, Vic ^a   Jones, Alun Elias ^b   Brierley, Joe ^a   Mepani, Bharti ^c   Willsher, Alex ^c   Linton, Sarah ^c   Hamilton Foad, Courtney ^c   Mistry, Ravi ^c   Raman, Haima ^c   Murphy, Hollie ^c   Beesley, Phillipa ^c  

^a GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Eastern Leicester Primary Care Trust   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL COLLEGE OF PAEDIATRICS AND CHILD HEALTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH CARE; COMPETENCE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PATIENT RIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSIBILITY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; DECISION MAKING; DISSENT AND DISPUTES; ENGLAND; HUMANS; MENTAL COMPETENCY; PATIENT PARTICIPATION;

EID: 78651437020     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2010.184333     Document Type: Conference Paper

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