The Minor’s Independence of Medical Decision-Making: De lege ferenda Comments in Connection with the Draft Act Amending the Act on Doctors and Dentists Professions (Sejm Paper No. 1432)
The Minor’s Independence of Medical Decision-Making: De lege ferenda Comments in Connection with the Draft Act Amending the Act on Doctors and Dentists Professions (Sejm Paper No. 1432)
J. Haberko
2022 · DOI: 10.17951/sil.2022.31.3.123-142
Studia Iuridica Lublinensia · 2 Citations
Abstract
The article analyzes the scope of the minor’s decision-making independence within medical procedures. As the child, who is the patient, does not have actual and formal possibilities to make independent decisions and give consent, the legal system has developed instruments for the protection of the minor’s health interest