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No explicit guidance where a parent opposes a competent child's consent to treatment

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Dr Wheeler considers what should be done when a child provides consent for treatment, but their parent opposes it.
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Mixed messages

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In August 2018 a judge decided that a colostomy should be performed on an incapacitated man, and in doing so overruled
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Children refusing treatment

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'Competent minors' successfully refuse treatment in the NHS countless times every day. But how do clinicians balance autonomy with risk?
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/HealthProfessionals/Clinical-law-updates/Children-refusing-treatment.aspx

Restraining adult patients in hospital

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Auto Generated Title We are all familiar with the need to restrain adult patients who are due to their behaviour are
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