The child as vulnerable patient
Subtitle: protection and empowerment
By: by Lynn Hagger.
Series: Medical law and ethics
Publisher: Ashgate Pub.; Ashgate; Routledge
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Burlington, VT
Language: eng
Number of pages: 252
ISBN-13: 9780754672524; 9780754691297
Subjects: Child health services -- Law and legislation -- England; Children's rights -- England
Description: This volume examines the particular ethical and legal issues raised by children in the health care setting. The book looks at the key areas of concern in relation to the balance between protecting the welfare of the young and their rights to autonomy.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: The importance of protecting and empowering children; title: The law and children's autonomy; title: Parental responsibility and children's medical treatment; title: Confidentiality and children; title: Genetic testing and counselling : the paradigm case for family medicine?; title: Negligence and complaints; title: Children in research; title: Children's participation and foundation trust : some new opportunities?