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Gillick competence is a term originating in England and Wales and is used in medical law to decide whether a child (a person under 16 years of age) is able to consent to their own medical treatment, without the need for parental permission or knowledge.
The Fraser guidelines come from Lord Fraser's remarks in the same case. They apply specifically to a doctor giving contraceptive advice and medicine to a girl under 16. A doctor can do so:- "provided he is satisfied in the following criteria: That the girl (although under the age of 16 years of age) will understand his advice;
His dissertation was titled “Competency to Stand Trial: An Analysis of Legal/Mental Health Issues and Procedures and a Proposal for Change.” Following completion of his PhD in 1977 he accepted a faculty position at Simon Fraser University (SFU) in British Columbia, Canada, where he is currently Professor of Psychology and Director of the ...
Dr. Caron works as a general and endocrine surgeon at Prince George Regional Hospital. [7] She is an Associate Professor in the Department of Surgery, UBC Faculty of Medicine, and was appointed Co-Director of UBC's Centre for Excellence in Indigenous Health in 2014. [14]
The new college absorbed the members, assets, policies and procedures of the Society. In addition, the new Articles of Association provided for the college to supervise the training of aspiring ophthalmologists and conduct examinations to test and recognise their competence. The college was granted the "Royal" prefix by Queen Elizabeth II in ...
Competence (also called competency [1] or capability [2]) is a polyseme [3] [4] [5] indicating a variety of different notions. In current literature, three notions are most evident. In current literature, three notions are most evident.
Nancy Fraser (/ ˈ f r eɪ z ər /; born May 20, 1947) is an American philosopher, critical theorist, feminist, and the Henry A. and Louise Loeb Professor of Political and Social Science and professor of philosophy at The New School in New York City. [2]
Competence assessment is a process in which evidence is gathered by the assessor and evaluated against agreed criteria in order to make a judgement of competence. Skill assessment is the comparison of actual performance of a skill with the specified standard for performance of that skill under the circumstances specified by the standard, and ...