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Autonomy of the child in the South African context: is a 12 year old of sufficient maturity to consent to medical treatment?
BACKGROUND: A child is a developing person with evolving capacities that include autonomy, mental (decisional) capacity and capacity to assume responsibility. Hence, children are entitled to participatory (autonomy) rights in South Africa as observed in the Children’s Act 38 of 2005. According to se...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2016
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5093956/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27806700 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12910-016-0150-0 |