Consent to Treatment and Anamnesis as Problem of Communication with Minor Patients in Healthcare Decision-Making

  • Palkova K
  • Semaka S
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Lately lawyers and medical professionals pay more attention too the process of minor patient healthcare. The research shall address the issues of legal relationship between minor patients and medical professionals, consent to treatment of minor patients and communication problems including the scope of information which the doctor can provide to the minor patient’s relatives to protect themselves and patients. Legislation prescribes that the information provided by the medical professional to the minor patient must be not only easy-to-understand, but also be consistent with the patient’s age maturity. However, in Latvia, for example, there are no guidelines that specify how medical professionals can determine the patient’s maturity. In the course of provision of medical services to the minor persons legal disputes involving communiucation failures between the minor patients, their relatives, legal representatives and the doctors arise increasingly frequently. The research will look into issue of communication problems in healthcare. The aim of the research is to provide insight into challenges of legal relations betweem minor patients and medical professionals and communication problems in healthcare.

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Palkova, K., & Semaka, S. (2016). Consent to Treatment and Anamnesis as Problem of Communication with Minor Patients in Healthcare Decision-Making. European Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies, 2(3), 57. https://doi.org/10.26417/ejis.v2i3-57-62

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