Includes bibliographical references (pages 583-643).
Contents:
Introduction: Challenges for children's rights in health care : future research and actions / Jozef Dorscheidt and Jaap Doek. Children's rights in health care and the legacy of Janusz Korczak / Arie de Bruin -- Current developments in global child health care : UNICEF data and experiences / Pauline Neefjes -- Children's rights in health care and the general principles of the CRC / Jaap Doek -- Children's health rights in a European legal context / Ursula Kilkelly and Katherine Wade -- Children's rights in pediatric practice / Martine de Vries and Edmond Rings -- Developmental psychology and decision-making by minor patients / Gerrit Breeuwsma and Paul van Geert -- Children's competence in medical care decision-making / Irma Hein -- Rights and views of children as participants in medical research / Mira Straphorst and Jozef Dorscheidt -- Respiratory problems in children : a right to health approach / Sarah Spronk-van der Meer -- Euthanasia and the minor patient : recognizing a child's interest in dying / Jozef Dorscheidt -- Positioin and role of the child protection board in protecting the child's right to health / Odette Buitendam -- Cooperation and the right of child abuse victims to protection and health : lessons from the Netherlands / Marielle Bruning and Daniella Zlotnik -- Vulnerability and the right to preventive health care for asylum-seeking and undocumented migrant children / Veronika Flegar -- The right to health of children with disabilities in international law / Lisa Waddington and Anne Poulos -- Children's health rights and gender issues / Melinda Jones -- Children's rights in health care from a child and parent perspective / Hester Rippen -- Children's rights when parents have a mental disorder including addiction / Annemiek van Dijke and Philip Veerman -- Children of Jehovah's Witnesses and the right to refuse blood transfusion / Maarten Tiessens and Bert Jutte -- The position of the unborn in human embryo research / Jozef Dorscheidt and Sjoerd Repping -- Challenges for children's rights in health care : future research and actions / Jozef Dorscheidt and Jaap Doek.
Summary:
While coordinating the University of Groningen's Honours College Winterschool/Atelier entitled Children's Rights in Health Care, the need to publish the contributions to this program was generally expressed and confirmed by its participants. The Winterschool/Atelier, successfully organized in recent years, has dealt with many issues concerning the legal position of minor persons born and unborn in the context of health care, especially pediatric care. These issues involve matters concerning pediatric treatment, preventive care and predictive medicine, medical research involving children, incompetence and child autonomy, a child's psychological development, parental responsibility and representation, protective judicial measures, child migration issues, children's health rights enforcement as well as children's health interest monitoring and promotion. During the program, leading experts in the fields of law, ethics medicine, biology, psychology and institutions such as the Dutch Child & Hospital Foundation, the Child Protection Board, Save the Children, and UNICEF have shared their views on normative standards, practical experiences, significant developments, challenging ideas, silent dreams and inevitable realities. As a result, the Children's Rights in Health Care program provided opportunities for a profound dialogue between Honours College students and lecturing scholars on a wide range of topics involving children's health care interests. This volume contains several analyses of health rights issues related to children. The various chapters provide an overview of this captivating area and may be of special interest to lawyers, health care professionals, ethicists, psychologists, judicial institutions, policy makers, interest groups, students and all others who are concerned with the children's rights perspective on health care.
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