Report 119 (2008) - Young people and consent to health care
Updates and background for this project (Digest) Public forums and seminars
The Commission held a seminar, “Minors’ Consent to Medical Treatment” at Parliament House, Sydney, as part of Law Week in May 2004.
In November 2004, the Commission participated in a seminar, “Consent to Medical Treatment of Young People in Detention” organised by the Institute of Criminology, University of Sydney, and the Australasian Chapter of the International Academy of Law and Mental Health.
In collaboration with the Faculty of Law, Macquarie University, the Commission conducted a public forum on Minors’ Consent To Medical Treatment at Parliament House, Sydney, in November 2006. A number of experts in this area spoke at the forum. The program of the forum appears in Appendix C to this report.
The Commission led a session, “Consent of Young People to Medical Treatment”, at a paediatric postgraduate seminar for general practitioners at the Children’s Hospital at Westmead in August 2007. Seminar attendants completed a survey aimed at gaining insight into the perspective of the GP population in treating young people.
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