TY - JOUR T1 - Informed consent of the minor. Implications of present day Spanish law JF - Journal of Medical Ethics JO - J Med Ethics SP - 326 LP - 326 DO - 10.1136/jme.28.5.326 VL - 28 IS - 5 AU - M D Pérez-Cárceles AU - E Osuna AU - A Luna Y1 - 2002/10/01 UR - http://jme.bmj.com/content/28/5/326.abstract N2 - In Spain, any person under the age of 18 is a minor. Generally, minors lack the legal capacity to take legally binding actions because they are deemed incapable of legally binding consent. Spanish civil law recognises, however, that the child, in accordance with the law and being sufficiently mature, may act for himself. It stands, then, that consent, as expressed by the “sufficiently mature” minor, should be legally valid. ER -