Children’s Agency, Interests, and Medical Consent

HEC Forum 25 (4):311-324 (2013)
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In this paper I argue that reference to a developmental account of agency can help explain, and in cases also alter, our current practices when it comes to the non-consensual medical treatment of children. It does this through its explanation of how stages of development impact the types of interests we have

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10.1007/s10730-013-9226-0

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Let's Be Clear About Children and Young People.Paul Baines - 2015 - American Journal of Bioethics 15 (11):16-17.

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