Health Professions and Society 1A SAQs
1. In what circumstances can Gillick Competency apply?
Gillick competency is the notion that children can consent to medical treatment without the knowledge of their parents, provided that they can show that they have the maturity and mental capacity to fully comprehend the nature and implications of the proposed treatment. In medicine, this idea is especially applicable to circumstances wherein older children have conflicting views with their guardian or an older adult about the administration of an intervention. A child who has engaged, or plans to engage in sexual activity seeking a prescription for contraception could be an example of a situation wherein Gillick Competency can apply. Here, an older
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This is critical, as children are naturally susceptible to being neglected, exploited, and abused by those who do not have their interests in mind. The best interest standard protects children against this by requiring that their interests be served to the highest possible degree. Of course, while there are issues with the best interest standard, they are also applicable to the basic interest standard, which simply requires that children not be harmed. One such problem is that, in making decisions in the child’s best interest, one must be able to classify the interests of the child. It argues that not all children have the same interests, and that there can be conflicts between the accounts of what the child’s best interests are. However, these are also true for the basic interest standard, where assumptions are made as to what those basic interests are. At least in the best interest standard, children are given the opportunity to voice their interests when their communications skills are developed. Hence, it is better to decide in a child’s best interests as it provides them with an opportunity to experience what is closest to the optimal outcome for
Wilson, K. and Adrian J. L. (2007) The Child Protection Handbook: The Practitioner's Guide to Safeguarding Children. Edinburgh: Bailliere Tindall
“The overall goal for the Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN) project is to
In Section 1, Ethical Responsibilities to Children, Ideal 1-1.10 states that we are “to ensure that each child’s c...
In America, the legal age to sign off on any medical consent is 18 years of age. Seventeen year olds should be able to compose their own medical decisions, and sign off on their own medical consents. Power should land in their hands, accompanied by the professional advice of a doctor. It is your body, be compelled to fabricate a decision without having to have your parent’s signature.
Mrs. Victoria Gillick is a mother of ten. Five of those are girls below sixteen years old. As a Christian, she believes that contraception promotes under age sex. In 1985, Mrs. Victoria Gillick lost her case vs. West Norfolk and Wisbech Area Health Authority allowing physicians to prescribe contraceptives to girls less than sixteen years of age without parental consent. After the case was settled, the Law Lords ruled that doctors putting girls less than sixteen years of age under pills without
welfare of the child. Their is no law for children in the constitution even thou if a
How can a child make the decision for the life of another child by themselves? In this paper I will outline the mental, physical, and safety issues of minors (age 18 and under) having an abortion and why it is so important that they need to get parental consent before making this life long decision.
Since the enactment of the Human Rights Act 1998 (HRA) a resistance is marked by the English judges in relation to disputes involving children. English courts have a difficult task in balancing the interests of parents and children since the welfare principle only looks at the interests of the child. Contrary article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) gives precedence to the rights of parents. Consequently are these two principles in conflict? Before answering this question, it is better to take things from the beginning.
Mikhail Bakunin expressed the importance of a child’s rights when he said, "Children do not constitute anyone's property: they are neither the property of their parents nor even of society. They belong only to their own future freedom." Any person under eighteen constitutes as a child. Therefore, they are given the various rights of education, having a say in decisions of their parents concerning them, and protection from discrimination. In some situations, though, it may become apparent those birth given rights have been overlooked. In Ender’s Game, Scott Orson Card shows how easily an adult can abuse the innocence of a child and ignore their given rights when it comes to their own selfishness and convenience.
Child abuse is an issue in every state, every country, worldwide. There is no place that is immune to child abuse. This being stated they need better policies in place regarding the education on child abuse. Many people have many different opinions on how to lessen the amount of child abuse that goes on in this country, however many of them focus on stricter punishment for the abuser’s (Hmurovich, 2009). However, they know that stricter punishment will not lessen the amount of child abuse; it would truly have little to no impact on...
As a Child Protective worker, my responsibilities are to assess safety (immediate), risk (future harm), abuse and maltreatment, and make a determination as to whether a child is safe or at risk of future harm and assess the need for services. The child welfare worker assigned to investigate the case failed to ensure the above. Works Cited Downs-Whitelaw, S., Moore, E., & McFadden, E. J. (2009). The 'Standard' of the 'Standard'.
Children Acts 1989 and 2004 indicates that different institutions should coordinate for promoting the well-being of children and young people.
According to the first article of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (1989), "[...] a child is every human being below the age of eighteen years unless under the law applicable to the child, majority is attained earlier age." In this document, it is also recognised that children are vulnerable because they are in a growing process without having the means or the necessary tools to protect themselves. In addition, as...
A. A. The "Best Possible Child" Journal of Medical Ethics 33.5 (2007): 279-283. Web.
The idea of “the child” is constantly evolving, and children appear to be maturing more rapidly each year. As a response, laws pertaining to minors have had to keep up with these social changes. In the health care context, the competency of children is constantly scrutinized and challenged. Accordingly, reforms to past laws that deemed minors lacked decisional capacity have resulted in the “mature minor” doctrine. Although this doctrine allows minors a degree of independence in the decision-making process it maintains many grey areas. The age of consent is inconsistent across provinces and territories, and the guidelines used to assess competence are vague and sometimes arbitrary. With such inconsistency in the measuring of adolescent competence, it brings me to question the competence granted freely to adults. To rightfully judge competence there must be a prototype, something that I and others can form a explicit definition around. With what I have collected, since individuals gain decision-making autonomy when they reach the age of consent, than the defining characteristic of comp...