For many decades, the dominant approach to making decisions about treatment in the
medical encounter has been one of paternalism. 1–7 In recent years this model has been …

The physician-patient relationship has been described as an egalitarian partnership in
which patients and physicians work together to make healthcare decisions. Although adults …

Children are increasingly acknowledged to have rights in the determination of decisions that
affect them. This has encouraged research to be undertaken with children themselves to …

ContextParents' understanding of prognosis or decision making about palliative care for
children who die of cancer is largely unknown. However, a more accurate understanding of …

Children's participation in decision-making in the health care setting is complex because
parents and health professionals tend to take a protective stance towards children to act in …

This narrative review summarizes the empirical literature on children's competence for
consent and assent in research and treatment settings. Studies varied widely regarding …

Twenty-four children (aged 5 months to 18 years) who were admitted to a university hospital
were observed for a total of 135 hours with the aim of describing their degree of participation …

Introduction The concept of consent in the pediatric setting is complex and confusing.
Clinicians and researchers want to know whose consent they should obtain, when a child …

More than 3000 adolescents in the United States die annually from the effects of chronic
illness. Providing appropriate end-of-life care for these patients is particularly challenging …

Although various guidelines and position papers have discussed, in the past, the ethical
aspects of genetic testing in asymptomatic minors, the European Society of Human Genetics …