Title Children's consent to surgery / Priscilla Alderson

Published Buckingham [England] : Open University Press, 1993

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Location	Call no.	Vol.	Availability
W'BOOL	617.98 Ald/Cct		AVAILABLE

Description 212 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm Contents 1. Surgery at School Age -- 2. Limb Lengthening -- 3. Children's Human Rights -- 4. Children's Legal Rights -- 5. Reviewing Research About Children -- 6. Hoping for Benefit: Children's Reasons for Having Surgery -- 7. Giving Information: Adults' Views -- 8. Understanding Information: Children's Responses -- 9. Making a Wise Choice: Competence to Consent -- 10. The Many Stages of Surgery -- 11. Respecting Children's Consent -- Appendix: Names and ages of children in interviews Analysis Children Surgery Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Subject Children -- Surgery -- Moral and ethical aspects. Decision making in children. Informed consent (Medical law) Child, Hospitalized. In Child Informed Consent. Physician-Patient Relations. Surgical Procedures, Operative. Child. General Surgery. Informed Consent. Decision Making. Infant. LC no. 93001413 ISBN 0335157327 (paperback) 0335157335

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