title: [The legal situation of the physician in the treatment of under-age patients (author's transl)].
abstract: Legal questions relative to the common and special understanding of care, to the valid consent to diagnostic or operative procedures, and to the professional discretion involved in the treatment of under-aged patients are discussed. Consideration is given to the different applications of law which utilize either the patient's age group or his intellectual faculty as an underlying basis for a legal decision.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D006801:Humans; D007883:Legislation, Medical; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations
vernacular_title: Arztrecht bei der Behandlung Minderjähriger