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Decisional Capacity Among Minors With HIV: A Model for Balancing Autonomy Rights With the Need for Protection
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2010
Abstract
The purpose of this article is threefold: (a) to describe the relevant ethical and legal issues associated with decisional capacity among minors and to discuss the importance of these concepts for children and adolescents living with HIV, (b) to provide a framework for assessing the decisional capacity of children and adolescents with HIV, and (c) to present a model for thinking about how to use this assessment data to guide action along the protection-autonomy continuum.
Language
en_US
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Group LLC
Recommended Citation
Chenneville, T., Sibille, K., & Bendell-Estroff, D. (2010). Decisional Capacity Among Minors With HIV: A Model for Balancing Autonomy Rights With the Need for Protection. Ethics & Behavior, 20(2), 83-94.
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License.
Comments
Abstract only. Full-text article is available only through licensed access provided by the publisher. Published in Ethics & Behavior, 20(2), 83-94. Members of the USF System may access the full-text of the article through the authenticated link provided.