Giving Children's Views "Due Weight" in Medical Law

International Journal of Children's Rights

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 16-37

  Alderson, Priscilla ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Article 12; assent; child development; competence; consent; evolving capacities; Gillick; human rights; mature minors; surgery

Indexed keywords

EID: 85044095272     PISSN: 09275568     EISSN: 15718182     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/15718182-02601001     Document Type: Article

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