The legal authority of mature minors to consent to general medical treatment

Pediatrics

Volumn 131, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 786-793

  Coleman, Doriane Lambelet ^a,b   Rosoff, Philip M ^b,c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Decision making; Mature minor

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; LEGAL COMPETENCE; LEGAL LIABILITY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL PROCEDURES; PARENTAL CONSENT; PARENTAL NOTIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84875978597     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2012-2470     Document Type: Article

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