Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery
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General considerations
Paediatric consultation
Setting
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Optimize the consultation
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Discussing the management
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Children and consent
(See also 
p. 11).
Doctors who care for children need to be familiar with the law relating to parental responsibility and consent within the jurisdiction in which they practice.
Competency
Competence implies that a child has the capacity to comprehend and retain information material to a decision, and the ability to weigh this information in decision making.
At 16 years of age, children are deemed competent to give consent. Below 16 years, the consent is given by parents or guardian. There are certain circumstances where this may change:
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Key points in UK Law
Unless adopted a mother will always have parental responsibility for her child.
A father has parental responsibility if:
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After 1 December 2003, a father named on the birth certificate has parental responsibility, regardless if he is married to the mother.
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