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2. Mature minor doctrine - Wikipedia

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   Any minors capable of informed consent, but informed refusal of medical treatment can be overruled. [25] Kansas: 16 Minors aged 16 are permitted de jure to consent to medical treatment when no parent is available. Mature minors are permitted to consent to medical treatment, but maturity must be assessed on a case-by-case basis. [25] Louisiana: None

3. Children in clinical research - Wikipedia

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   If the subject is unable to consent for him/herself, researchers can seek consent from the subject's legally authorized representative. For a minor child this is typically a parent or guardian since as under the age of 18 cannot legally give consent to participate in a clinical trial.

4. Informed consent - Wikipedia

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   The informed consent doctrine is generally implemented through good healthcare practice: pre-operation discussions with patients and the use of medical consent forms in hospitals. However, reliance on a signed form should not undermine the basis of the doctrine in giving the patient an opportunity to weigh and respond to the risk.

5. More states are requiring patients to give consent for ...

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   A new batch of states are looking to legislate the level of informed consent when it comes to medical students performing pelvic exams for educational purposes on unconscious patients. At least 20 ...

6. List of medical ethics cases - Wikipedia

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   Informed consent to medical treatment case country location year summary Christiane Völling: Germany 2011 Informed consent and involuntary sex reassignment in the case of an adult intersex woman. Gillick competence: England 1985 The right of minors to request contraception from their doctor without parental consent.

7. Informed assent - Wikipedia

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   In adult medical research, the term informed consent is used to describe a state whereby a competent individual, having been fully informed about the nature, benefits and risks of a clinical trial, agrees to their own participation. National authorities define certain populations as vulnerable and therefore unable to provide informed consent ...