RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Informed consent of the minor. Implications of present day Spanish law
JF Journal of Medical Ethics
JO J Med Ethics
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Institute of Medical Ethics
SP 326
OP 326
DO 10.1136/jme.28.5.326
VO 28
IS 5
A1 Pérez-Cárceles, M D
A1 Osuna, E
A1 Luna, A
YR 2002
UL http://jme.bmj.com/content/28/5/326.abstract
AB 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.