Practices employed by South African healthcare providers to obtain consent for treatment from children
Background:The ability to consent promotes children’s access to health services. Healthcare providers should assess and arrive at a clinical judgement about the child’s maturity and mental capacity to obtain valid consent.Research objective:The objective of the study was to determine practices emplo...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Sage
2018
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Nursing ethics
Year: 2018, Volume: 25, Issue: 5, Pages: 640-652 |
Further subjects: | B
decisional capacity assessment
B capacity to consent B healthcare providers obtaining consent from children B mental capacity assessment B valid consent by children |
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