title: Who decides the "best interests" of the child?
abstract: B was a frail 15-year-old girl who was brought to the hospital by the police. She had met a 22-year-old boy on a social networking site a few months earlier. They had fallen in love and she had started living with him. On finding his daughter missing, B's father reported the matter to the police station. The police caught the couple and brought them to the police station. The boy was arrested. The father sent B to a shelter home lest she run away from home again. The police registered a complaint of rape.
authors.affiliation: Research Associate, Centre for Enquiry into Health and Allied Themes (CEHAT), Survey No 2804 and 2805, Aaram Society Road, Vakola, Santacruz East, Mumbai 400 055, India,. sujata@cehat.org.
authors.forename: Sujata
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ayarkar
authors.affiliation: Research Officer, Centre for Enquiry into Health and Allied Themes (CEHAT), Survey No 2804 and 2805, Aaram Society Road, Vakola, Santacruz East, Mumbai 400 055, India,. aarthi@cehat.org.
authors.forename: Aarthi
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Chandrasekhar
mesh_terms: D000029:Abortion, Legal; D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002669:Child Welfare; D005220:Fathers; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D007258:Informed Consent; D057828:Informed Consent By Minors; D028701:Patient Rights; D011247:Pregnancy; D011902:Rape