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In the U.K., children can't just say no


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TitleIn the U.K., children can't just say no
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication1993
AuthorsKessel, Ross
JournalHastings Center Report
Volume23
Issue2
Pagination20-21
Type of ArticleArticle
Publication Languageeng
ISSN Number00930334
Accession Number9402070277
Keywordschildren , etc. , GREAT , laws , Medical , United
Abstract

Reports on a Court of Appeal ruling that overrides children's legal rights to refuse medical treatment. 1969 Family Reform Act; 1985 House of Lords ruling; Guidelines for Ethics Committees (1991); 1989 Children's Act; Case of a sixteen-year-old suffering from anorexia.

Notes

Kessel, Ross; Source Info: Mar/Apr93, Vol. 23 Issue 2, p20; Subject Term: MEDICAL ethics; Subject Term: CHILDREN -- Legal status, laws, etc.; Subject Term: UNITED States; Subject Term: GREAT Britain; Number of Pages: 2p; Document Type: Article; Full Text Word Count: 1118

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