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KMID : 1025620150180010027
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Korean Journal of Medical Ethics
2015 Volume.18 No. 1 p.27 ~ p.33
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Ethical Consideration in the Management of Children and Adolescent Patients
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Park June-Dong
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Abstract
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The rights of patient in the medicine is emphasized recently, especially the right to be appreciated and the right to get adequate information about the management. Self-determination with the informed consent is the most important factor in the decision. There are several limitations in the process of decision-making for medical treatment in the children. Children usually have not enough capacity for decision. But the children are constantly developing and they have different capacity for the decision on the stage of development. So, health care professionals should seek the best options to reflect the opinions of children in the decision-making. Consent of assent of the children should be based on the capacity of the children. All the decisions are should be for the best benefits of the children. If there are some debate on the decisions, health care professionals should consult to social worker or ask the discussion in th committee for medical ethics.
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KEYWORD
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children and adolescent, informed consent, self-determination, refusal of treatment, non-therapeutic intervention, child abuse
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