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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Authors: Bester, Michelle (Author) ; Havenga, Yolanda (Author) ; Ligthelm, Zea (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage 2018
In: 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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