Competence assessment in minors, illustrated by the case of bariatric surgery for morbidly obese children

Best Practice and Research: Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 293-302

  Bolt, Ineke L L E ^a,b   Van Summeren, Marieke J H ^c,d  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bariatric surgery; Competence; Ethics; Informed consent; Paediatric obesity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BARIATRIC SURGERY; CASE STUDY; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; COMPETENCE; HUMAN; LAW; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MINOR (PERSON); MORBID OBESITY; RISK FACTOR; STANDARD;

BARIATRIC SURGERY; COMPETENCE; ETHICS; INFORMED CONSENT; PAEDIATRIC OBESITY;

ADOLESCENT; BARIATRIC SURGERY; CHILD; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT BY MINORS; MENTAL COMPETENCY; MORALS; OBESITY, MORBID; PARENTAL NOTIFICATION;

EID: 84899808670     PISSN: 15216918     EISSN: 15321916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpg.2014.02.006     Document Type: Review

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