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The rise and fall of children's consent to surgery

Alderson, P; (2000) The rise and fall of children's consent to surgery. Paediatric Nursing , 12 (2) pp. 6-8. Green open access

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Abstract

This article traces how the rise of respect for children’s consent during the 1980s has fallen during the 1990s, and questions whether lawyers and doctors can be relied on to make fair decisions for each child they consider. Using examples mainly drawn from heart surgery, the article concludes that medical and legal decisions would be better informed if more account was taken of children’s and parents’ views.

Type: Article
Title: The rise and fall of children's consent to surgery
Location: England
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
Publisher version: https://journals.rcni.com/lov/ncyp/12
Language: English
Additional information: This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions.
Keywords: Legal Approach, Professional Patient Relationship, Child, Child Welfare, Humans, Informed Consent, Patient Advocacy, Treatment Refusal, United Kingdom
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education > IOE - Social Research Institute
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1493962
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