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Informed consent and legal aspects in adolescent care
Pediatria Integral ; 26(5):317.e1-317.e7, 2022.
Article in Spanish | Scopus | ID: covidwho-2046224
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Human relationships are changing dramatically and this affects professional relationships directly. Health relationships between professionals and patients are not exempt from these changes. Among the factors that have contributed to this is the recognition of minorities and the rights that accompany them, new social values (health as an object of consumption), the resurgence of ethical and moral principles, administrative regulations related to efficiency, the relationships between professional colleagues, the ups and downs of the economy or unforeseeable circumstances, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, etc. The legal capacity of the adolescent to act with respect to medical treatment, that is, if minors can authorize or reject it by themselves, constitutes, from an ethical-legal perspective, a particularly complex issue. And this is so because the adolescent is a subject who is precisely in the final phase of the transition between being a minor and becoming of legal health age, that is, between a limited capacity to act and a full capacity to act, comparable to that of the elderly. © 2022, Ediciones Ergon SA. All rights reserved.
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Collection: Databases of international organizations Database: Scopus Language: Spanish Journal: Pediatria Integral Year: 2022 Document Type: Article

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Collection: Databases of international organizations Database: Scopus Language: Spanish Journal: Pediatria Integral Year: 2022 Document Type: Article