Assessing children's competence to consent to treatment

British Journal of Community Nursing

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 87-90

  Griffith, Richard ^a   Tengnah, Cassam ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Consent to examination and treatment; Gillick competence; Parental responsibility

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856663359     PISSN: 14624753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12968/bjcn.2012.17.2.87     Document Type: Article

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