Informed consent with children and adolescents.
Nurses are becoming increasingly responsible for obtaining consent from children and adolescents for psychiatric treatment. The current practice of obtaining consent for participation in research is discussed. Consent from minors has implications for clinical treatment. This article examines power and powerlessness, and restrictiveness of the treatment setting in relation to nurses obtaining consent from children and adolescents.
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D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002651:Child Advocacy / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D003657:Decision Making; D004993:Ethics, Nursing; D006801:Humans; D007258:Informed Consent / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000628:therapy*; D028642:Persons with Psychiatric Disorders; D033242:Minors; D033282:Parental Consent; D026684:Personal Autonomy; D011209:Power, Psychological; D011568:Psychiatric Nursing