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Informed consent of the minor. Implications of present day Spanish law.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  12356963     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
In Spain, any person under the age of 18 is a minor. Generally, minors lack the legal capacity to take legally binding actions because they are deemed incapable of legally binding consent. Spanish civil law recognises, however, that the child, in accordance with the law and being sufficiently mature, may act for himself. It stands, then, that consent, as expressed by the "sufficiently mature" minor, should be legally valid.
Authors:
M D Pérez-Cárceles; E Osuna; A Luna
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Journal of medical ethics     Volume:  28     ISSN:  0306-6800     ISO Abbreviation:  J Med Ethics     Publication Date:  2002 Oct 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2002-10-01     Completed Date:  2002-12-13     Revised Date:  2008-11-20    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  7513619     Medline TA:  J Med Ethics     Country:  England    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  326     Citation Subset:  E; IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Legal and Forensic Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Murcia, 30100 Espinardo, Murcia, Spain. mdperez@um.es
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Child
Child Advocacy / ethics*
Child Psychology
Decision Making*
Ethics, Medical
Human Rights
Humans
Parent-Child Relations*
Parental Consent / ethics*,  legislation & jurisprudence*
Spain

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