Age or maturity? African children’s right to participate in medical decision-making processes

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dc.contributor.authorFokala, Elvisen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorRudman, Annikaen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2021-03-03T18:38:15Z
dc.date.available2021-03-03T18:38:15Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.descriptionCITATION: Fokala, E. & Rudman, A. 2020. Age or maturity? African children’s right to participate in medical decision-making processes. African Human Rights Law Journal, 20(2):667-687, doi:10.17159/1996-2096/2020/v20n2a14.en_ZA
dc.descriptionThe original publication is available at https://www.ahrlj.up.ac.zaen_ZA
dc.description.abstractThis article advocates an approach to children’s participation in medical decision-making processes guided by the rationality of the best interests’ principle, a child’s evolving capacity and a child’s age. Using a human rights-based approach, rooted in the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and the African Children’s Charter, it seeks to elucidate the contested three-way partnership between the child, its parent(s) and the assigned physician(s), which plays out in relation to most medical procedures involving children. In analysing legislation and case law, the article further aims to clarify the complex relationship between age and maturity in child participation; to facilitate a child’s involvement in the three-way partnership; and to suggest the statutory recognition of an age indicator in domestic African law in relation to medical procedures.en_ZA
dc.description.urihttps://www.ahrlj.up.ac.za/fokala-e-rudman-a
dc.description.versionPublisher's versionen_ZA
dc.format.extent21 pagesen_ZA
dc.identifier.citationFokala, E. & Rudman, A. 2020. Age or maturity? African children’s right to participate in medical decision-making processes. African Human Rights Law Journal, 20(2):667-687, doi:10.17159/1996-2096/2020/v20n2a14en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn1996-2096 (online)
dc.identifier.issn1609-073X (print)
dc.identifier.otherdoi:10.17159/1996-2096/2020/v20n2a14
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/109615
dc.language.isoen_ZAen_ZA
dc.publisherPretoria University Law Pressen_ZA
dc.rights.holderAuthors retain copyrighten_ZA
dc.subjectChildren’s autonomyen_ZA
dc.subjectChildren -- Health and hygieneen_ZA
dc.subjectChild health servicesen_ZA
dc.subjectChildren’s right to participateen_ZA
dc.subjectMedical decision-making by childrenen_ZA
dc.titleAge or maturity? African children’s right to participate in medical decision-making processesen_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA
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