This article provides a philosophical analysis of a putative right of the child to have their
expressed views considered in matters that affect them. Article 12 of the United Nations …

There is an ongoing debate about the “ontology” of consent. Some argue that it is a mental
act, some that it is a “hybrid” of a mental act plus behaviour that signifies that act; others …

Six people were interviewed about the possibility of becoming posthumous body donors.
Interview transcripts were analyzed using interpretative phenomenological analysis …

The health care decision-making framework applied to adolescents, a process that gives
minors an increasing role in decision making as they mature, should be applied to patients …

This book provides an account of the ethics of chronic illness. Chronic illness differs from
other illnesses in that it is often incurable, patients can live with it for many years, and its day …

Extended decision-making through the use of proxy decision-makers has been enshrined in
a range of International Codes, Professional Guidance and Statute, 1 and is now widely …

In this paper I get clearer on the considerations that ought to inform the evaluation and
development of medico-legal competency criteria—where this is taken to be a question …

In this dissertation, I examine Daniels and Sabin's theory for fair and legitimate procedures,
accountability for reasonableness (AFR), and its relationship to the National Institute for …

DOLESCENTS are routinely treated differently from adults, even when they possess agential
capacities that are not dissimilar. Some instances of differential treatment rely on the …

The aim is to make a start on developing a comprehensive and integrated account of the
adolescent transition, and to use this to articulate changes in adolescents' relationships with …