title: Informed consent of the minor. Implications of present day Spanish law.
abstract: In Spain, any person under the age of 18 is a minor. Generally, minors lack the legal capacity to take legally binding actions because they are deemed incapable of legally binding consent. Spanish civil law recognises, however, that the child, in accordance with the law and being sufficiently mature, may act for himself. It stands, then, that consent, as expressed by the "sufficiently mature" minor, should be legally valid.
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002651:Child Advocacy / Q000941:ethics*; D003657:Decision Making; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D006806:Human Rights; D006801:Humans; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D033282:Parental Consent / Q000941:ethics* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D002666:Psychology, Child; D013030:Spain
keywords: Legal Approach; Professional Patient Relationship