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Section 1: Decision-making about a child’s or young person’s health care

(1.1) Section 1: Decision-making about a child’s or young person’s health care

(1.2) Reflection

(1.3) Reflection: comment

(1.4) Who has the final say?

(1.5) Section 1: Recap

(1.6) Section 1: Summary

Section 2:  Consent – a specific sort of decision-making

(2.1) Section 2:  Consent – a specific sort of decision-making

(2.2) Law on minors' consent

(2.3) Law on minors' consent

(2.4) General health: consent for the assessment or treatment of minors

(2.5) General health: minors' refusal

(2.6) Reflection:who can give consent for the assessment or treatment of minors?

(2.7) Reflection: comment

(2.8) Reflection: overruling minors – mental health considerations

(2.9) Comment: overruling minors – mental health considerations

(2.10) Comment: overruling minors – mental health considerations

(2.11) Section 2: Recap

(2.12) Section 2: Summary

Section 3:  Mental health care for children and young people

(3.1) Section 3:  Mental health care for children and young people

(3.2) Mental health care for children and young people in the community: Minors’ refusals

(3.3) Hospital-based mental health care for children and young people

(3.4) Hospital-based mental health care for children and young people

(3.5) Mental health in-patient care: voluntary admission and treatment

(3.6) Reflection: mental health in-patient care: consent to voluntary admission

(3.7) Comment: mental health in-patient care: voluntary admission

(3.8) Informal admission and treatment of under 16s

(3.9) Informal admission of 16- and 17-year-olds

(3.10) Informal treatment of 16- and 17-year-olds

(3.11) Section 3: Recap 1

(3.12) Reflection: mental health in-patient care: compulsory admission

(3.13) Comment: mental health in-patient care: compulsory admission

(3.14) Reflection: nearest relative and parental responsibility

(3.15) Reflection: nearest relative and parental responsibility

(3.16) Comment: nearest relative and parental responsibility

(3.17) The Mental Capacity Act 2005

(3.18) Children Acts and mental health

(3.19) High Court Orders

(3.20) Section 3: Recap 2

(3.21) Section 3: Summary

Section 4: Gillick competence and capacity to consent

(4.1) Section 4: Gillick competence and capacity to consent

(4.2) Capacity

(4.3) Gillick competence

(4.4) Section 4: Recap

(4.5) Section 4: Summary

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(2.5) Transcript: general health: minors' refusal

(3.4) Transcript: hospital-based mental health care for children and young people

(3.7) Transcript: does a person with parental responsibility have capacity?

(3.15) Transcript: reflection: nearest relative, parental responsibility

(3.16) Transcript: nearest relative

(3.18) Transcript: Children Acts 1989 and 2004

(4.3) Transcript: Gillick competence