Law, ethics, and clinical discretion: Recurring and emerging issues in adolescent health care

Adolescent Medicine: State of the Art Reviews

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 321-334

  Campbell, Amy T ^a   English, Abigail ^b  

^a SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Center for Adolescent Health and the Law   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CONFIDENTIALITY; DECISION MAKING; ETHICS; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH SERVICES; CONFIDENTIALITY; DECISION MAKING; GENETIC TESTING; HUMANS; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

EID: 84856402028     PISSN: 19344287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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