Assessing an adolescent's capacity for autonomous decision-making in clinical care

Journal of Adolescent Health

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 361-366

  Michaud, Pierre André ^a   Blum, Robert Wm ^b   Benaroyo, Lazare ^c   Zermatten, Jean ^d,e   Baltag, Valentina ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^d Institut International des Droits de l'Enfant in Sion   (Switzerland)

^e United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child   (Switzerland)

^f WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Assessment; Decision making; Development; Ethics; Psychosocial

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MEDICINE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; NEUROSCIENCE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT AUTONOMY; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOLOGY; ADOLESCENT HEALTH; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CONFIDENTIALITY; DECISION MAKING; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MENTAL CAPACITY; STANDARDS;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH; ADOLESCENT HEALTH SERVICES; CONFIDENTIALITY; DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MENTAL COMPETENCY; PSYCHOLOGY, ADOLESCENT;

EID: 84942194229     PISSN: 1054139X     EISSN: 18791972     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2015.06.012     Document Type: Article

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