Decisional Capacity Among Minors With HIV: A Model for Balancing Autonomy Rights With the Need for Protection |
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| Authors: | Tiffany Chenneville Kimberly Sibille Debra Bendell-Estroff |
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| Affiliation: | 1. University of South Florida St. Petersburg;2. University of Florida;3. Fielding Graduate University and David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California Los Angeles |
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| Abstract: | The purpose of this article is threefold: (a) to describe the relevant ethical and legal issues associated with decisional capacity among minors and to discuss the importance of these concepts for children and adolescents living with HIV, (b) to provide a framework for assessing the decisional capacity of children and adolescents with HIV, and (c) to present a model for thinking about how to use this assessment data to guide action along the protection-autonomy continuum. |
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| Keywords: | HIV AIDS decisional capacity competence assent consent children adolescents pediatric protection autonomy model |
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