Informed consent given by a parent on behalf of a minor or otherwise incompetent child.

A person who has not attained the age at which full civil rights are accorded.

Voluntary authorization, by a patient or research subject, with full comprehension of the risks involved, for diagnostic or investigative procedures, and for medical and surgical treatment.

Promotion and protection of the rights of children; frequently through a legal process.

Termination of pregnancy under conditions allowed under local laws. (POPLINE Thesaurus, 1991)

Health services, public or private, in suburban areas. The services include the promotion of health and the delivery of health care.

Reporting to parents or guardians about care to be provided to a minor (MINORS).

Documents describing a medical treatment or research project, including proposed procedures, risks, and alternatives, that are to be signed by an individual, or the individual's proxy, to indicate his/her understanding of the document and a willingness to undergo the treatment or to participate in the research.

Persons functioning as natural, adoptive, or substitute parents. The heading includes the concept of parenthood as well as preparation for becoming a parent.

An institutional policy of granting authority to health personnel to perform procedures on patients or to remove organs from cadavers for transplantation unless an objection is registered by family members or by the patient prior to death. This also includes emergency care of minors without prior parental consent.

An infant during the first month after birth.

Informed consent given by someone other than the patient or research subject.