Scientific organizations recently called for a 10-year ban on human germline editing. But will we ever be ready? And how ...

A bill to raise the age at which people can make their own medical decisions from 14 to 16 is headed to Gov. Kay Ivey’s desk for signature. It was approved by the Alabama Senate on Wednesday ...

Prior authorization (PA) is a form certain insurance companies require to approve your prescription for coverage. A doctor will typically submit a PA letter to an insurance company to start the ...

When your child turns 18, they become a legal adult. Help them manage the transition to adulthood, including healthcare and education, with these five documents.

Many accounts of informed consent in medical ethics claim that it is valuable because it supports individual autonomy. Unfortunately there are many distinct conceptions of individual autonomy, and ...

“Yet today, many are being denied access to their child's medical records, pharmacy reports and mental health information based solely on a minor's consent. “We believe that is wrong,” she ...

Two basically identical bills that would raise the age, from 14 to 18, at which people can make their own medical decisions moved through the Alabama Senate Committee on Children and Youth Health ...

This paper looks at the issue of consent from children and whether the test of Gillick competency, applied in medical and healthcare practice, ought to extend to participation in research. It is ...

Some families in Tuktoyaktuk, N.W.T., are upset after they say their children were given flu shots at school, or were pressured to get them, despite a lack of consent from parents.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. once filed a petition asking the F.D.A. to revoke emergency authorization of Covid vaccines in 2021, when estimates had begun to show that the rollout of the shots had ...

Most medical offices include a Consent to Treat form with its standard patient paperwork. When you sign this form, you're giving the healthcare provider permission to provide care and for the practice ...

Step 1. Fill out the application form. Alberta Child Health Benefit application form AEHB3931. Sign and date the sections marked My Declaration and Consent for Canada Revenue Agency. The declaration ...