| Description |
xv, 270 pages ; 24 cm |
| Series |
Critical issues in social justice |
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Critical issues in social justice.
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| Contents |
Children's competence to consent : a problem in law and social science / Gary B. Melton -- Part I. Psychological issues in increasing children's self-determination -- Decision making by children : psychological risks and benefits / Gary B. Melton -- Social psychological perspectives on the problem of consent / Michael J. Saks -- Part II. Children's consent to treatment : legal, medical, and psychological perspectives -- Consent to medical care for minors : the legal framework / Walter J. Wadlington -- Decision making related to health : when could/should children act responsibly? / Charles E. Lewis -- Informed consent and pediatric care / Michael A. Grodin and Joel J. Alpert -- Competence to consent : psychotherapy / Gerald P. Koocher -- Part III. Chilfren's consent to nonmedical areas -- Juveniles' consent in delinquency proceedings / Thomas Grisso -- Children as participants in psychoeducational assessment / Donald N. Bersoff -- Children and consent to participate in research / Patricia Keith-Spiegel -- Part IV. Implementing consent standards -- Preparing children for decision making : implications of legal socialization research / June Louin Tapp and Gary B. Melton -- Involving children in decisions affecting their own welfare : guidelines for professionals / Lois A. Weithorn |
| Analysis |
United States Children Consent Law |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Capacity and disability -- United States.
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Children -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States.
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Consent (Law) -- United States.
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Informed consent (Medical law) -- United States.
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| Author |
Koocher, Gerald P.
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Melton, Gary B.
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Saks, Michael J.
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| LC no. |
82018631 |
| ISBN |
0306410699 |
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