The Adolescent Alone - Decision Making in Health Care in the United States (Hardcover)

A growing number of adolescents do not have a supportive and trusting relationship with an adult in a birth, foster, adoptive, or chosen family. Yet like all adolescents they need routine and sometimes specialized health care. This book is a collection of essays, case studies, and guidelines that describe the demographic, philosophical, medical, legal, and developmental framework in which these youth and health care staff confront medical decision making. The authors address questions of consent, confidentiality, access to care, and the right to refuse or demand care, emphasizing the real-world experience of adolescents as they struggle to overcome the challenges of being alone.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	2001
First published:	1999
Editors:	Jeffrey Blustein • Carol Levine • Nancy Dubler
Foreword by:	Angela R. Holder
Dimensions:	236 x 160 x 26mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	290
ISBN-13:	978-0-521-65240-7
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Psychology > General Books > Medicine > Clinical & internal medicine > General
LSN:	0-521-65240-5
Barcode:	9780521652407

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