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  • Informed consent/assent in children. Statement of the Ethics Working Group of the Confederation of European Specialists in Paediatrics (CESP)
    De Lourdes Levy, Maria ...
    Informed consent means approval of the legal representative of the child and/or of the competent child for medical interventions following appropriate information. National legal regulations differ ... in regard to the question when a child has the full right to give his or her autonomous consent. Informed assent means a child''s agreement to medical procedures in circumstances wherehe or she is not legally authorised or lacks sufficient understanding forgiving consent competently. Doctors should carefully listen to the opinion and wishes of children who are not able to give full consent and should striveto obtain their assent. Doctors have the responsibility to determine theability and competence of the child for giving his or her consent or assent. All children, even those not judged as competent, have a right to receive information given in a way that they can understand and give their assent or dissent. This consent/assent process must promote and protect the dignity, privacy and confidentiality of the child and his or her family. Consent or assent is required for all aspects of medical care, for preventive,diagnostic or therapeutic measures and research. Children may effectively refuse treatment or procedures which are not necessary to save their lives or prevent serious harm. Where treatment is necessary to save a life or prevent serious harm, the doctor has the duty to act in the best interest of the child. However, parents may also refuse to consent and in thiscase national laws and legal mechanisms for resolving disputes may be used.
    Vir: European journal of pediatrics. - ISSN 0340-6199 (Vol. 162, no. 9, 2003, str. 629-633)
    Vrsta gradiva - članek, sestavni del ; neleposlovje za odrasle
    Leto - 2003
    Jezik - angleški
    COBISS.SI-ID - 382124
    DOI

vir: European journal of pediatrics. - ISSN 0340-6199 (Vol. 162, no. 9, 2003, str. 629-633)
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