Table 2 General approach towards capacity to consent of minors

From: Erratum: Legal approaches regarding health-care decisions involving minors: implications for next-generation sequencing

 

Legally fixed age for capacity to consent to medical interventions

Competence-based approach

Mixed approaches

Canada

New Foundland and Labrador, Quebec

Alberta, Nova Scotia, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Saskatchewan, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Yukon

British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick

European Union

Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, France, Greece, Hungary, Italy, The Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden

Belgium, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Luxembourg

Denmark, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovenia, United Kingdom (England Wales)

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