TY - BOOK AU - Hagger, L TI - The child as vulnerable patient : protection and empowerment T2 - Medical law and ethics SN - 9781138376465 PY - 2018/// CY - London PB - Taylor and Francis KW - Ethics N1 - Text includes: The importance of protecting and empowering children; The law and children's autonomy; Confidentiality and children; Negligence and complaints; Children in research N2 - What are the key factors in considering the balance between protecting the welfare of the young and allowing them rights to autonomy? This book investigates the role that a human rights approach can play in establishing the parameters of autonomy and discusses the opportunities presented in the Human Rights Act, the European Convention on the Rights of the Child and new policy initiatives in the NHS ER -