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Law, ethics, and clinical discretion: recurring and emerging issues in adolescent health care.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  22106746     Owner:  NLM     Status:  In-Process    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Varied stakeholders are involved in adolescent health care, with many looking to law to provide clear-cut answers on who can control decisions and when. However, law allows for much clinician discretion, carving out space for contextual sensitivity and clinical determination of maturity. A triad model of decision-making is very often the most appropriate clinical and ethical course. Law's aim is ideally not to impede, but rather to support clinical and ethical wisdom. Drawing on cases in this volume, it is argued that law should not and typically does not, when accurately interpreted and applied, stand in clinicians' way.
Authors:
Amy T Campbell; Abigail English
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Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Adolescent medicine: state of the art reviews     Volume:  22     ISSN:  1934-4287     ISO Abbreviation:  Adolesc Med State Art Rev     Publication Date:  2011 Aug 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2011-11-23     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  101314248     Medline TA:  Adolesc Med State Art Rev     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  321-34, xi     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
SUNY Upstate Medical University and Syracuse University College of Law (courtesy), 618 Irving Avenue, Syracuse, New York 13210, USA. campbela@upstate.edu
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