Report 119 (2008) - Young people and consent to health care
Updates and background for this project (Digest) Index
Access to health care ... 6.87-6.88
Best interests principle ... 1.25, 2.51, 2.52-2.64, 2.74, 4.47-4.51, 5.37
Criticisms of the best interests principle ... 2.57-2.64, 4.49
Powers of the Supreme Court to protect best interests ... 2.53, 2.56, 4.47, 5.37
Religious beliefs ... 2.53-2.54
Capacity to consent ... 1.1, 1.7
Criminal liability for assault ... 9.11
Distinguished from “informed consent” ... 1.10-1.12, 9.8-9.10
Expression of autonomy ... 1.16-1.17, 2.8, 2.12, 2.48, 2.66, 2.73-2.74, 9.1
Liability for trespass ... 1.6, 1.13, 4.30-4.31, 9.3-9.7, 9.10
Children’s rights movement ... 2.15-2.18
Contraceptive advice and treatment ... 1.14-1.15, 2.13, 6.64-6.69
Cosmetic surgery ... 1.43-1.47
Detention, young people in ... 6.35-6.39
Disclosure of health information ... 1.54-1.64
Donation of blood and tissue ... 1.28, 1.32-1.42
Emergency treatment ... 6.62, 7.1-7.19
End of life decisions ... 2.55, 3.34
Family Court
Welfare jurisdiction ... 4.51, 5.37, 6.19
Health issues affecting young people
Contraceptive advice and treatment ... 1.14-1.15, 2.13, 4.11-4.13, 4.21, 5.48, 6.64-6.69, 9.18
Drug and substance abuse ... 6.73-6.74
Mental health ... 1.28, 1.29, 2.46, 6.75-6.78
Palliative care ... 3.33, 5.49
Predictive genetic testing ... 3.32
Sex reassignment ... 4.20
Sexually transmitted diseases ... 6.70-6.72
Homeless young people ... 6.32-6.34
Medical research and young people ... 1.48
Out-of-home care, young people in ... 1.28, 1.31, 6.30
Parents ... 1.14, 2.7, 2.47-2.51, 3.4-3.8, 4.15, 4.24, 4.28-4.29, 4.56, 5.44-5.46, 6.3-6.5, 6.12-6.13, 6.16
Disputes between ... 6.17-6.20
Limits on parents’ authority ... 2.49-2.50, 4.15, 4.24
Parental responsibility under the Family Law Act ... 3.5, 6.6-6.8, 6.13-614
Parenting orders under the Family Law Act ... 6.9-6.11, 6.15
Young parents ... 6.21-6.28
“Person responsible” under the Guardianship Act 1987 (NSW) ... 6.41-6.47
Pregnancy
Pregnancy-related health care ... 6.80-6.81
Teenage ... 6.79
Termination of ... 6.82-6.86
“Primary carer” under the Mental Health Act 2007 (NSW) ... 6.48-6.51
Refusal of treatment ... 2.1-2.3, 2.53, 4.18-4.19, 5.35
Sterilisation ... 8.8, 8.10, 8.41-8.61, 8.63, 8.67
Suspected child abuse ... 7.20-7.24
Unregistered health practitioners ... 3.23-3.26, 3.30
Voluntariness in consent ... 1.9
Young people and decision-making skills
Assumptions about ... 2.20-2.23, 4.1
Cognitive development and ... 2.29, 2.69
Common features of adolescence ... 2.32-2.33, 2.70
Effect of brain development on ... 2.25-2.28
Theories on social development ... 2.31-2.34
Young people in need of care and protection ... 4.52, 6.20, 6.30, 6.42
Young people with disabilities ... 1.28, 4.17, 4.33-4.36, 5.52, 8.8, 8.23, 8.25, 8.43, 8.47, 8.48, 8.52, 8.67
Young people’s capacity to consent
Current law ... 1.18-1.21
Cut-off ages for ... 4.28-4.29, 4.42-4.46, 4.55-4.57, 5.10-5.16, 5.30, 5.31, 5.33, 5.43
Distinguished from adults’ capacity to consent ... 1.1, 1.7-1.8, 2.12, 2.36, 2.66, 2.69, 4.50
Distinguished from capacity to consent to matters not relating to health care ... 2.37-2.45
Gillick test ... 1.18-1.21, 4.7-4.9, 4.18-4.21, 4.32, 4.37-4.46, 5.1-5.2, 5.36
Practitioners’ assessment of ... 4.54-4.69, 5.34, 9.12-9.16, 9.25
Young person
Distinguished from “child” ... 3.11-3.12
Distinguished from “minor” ... 3.10
Meaning of ... 1.1, 3.10
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