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What is medical emancipation?
Medical emancipation of a minor allows the individual to make his or her own decisions regarding medical treatment. The minor will be able to decide what kind of treatment they receive, how frequent they receive it, and from where the treatment is received. The parent’s authority to be involved in the decision-making process for their children will be taken away.There are two reasons why a minor would want to be medically emancipated. First, the minor may have a different view on the medical treatment than their parents. Second, the minor may wish to handle their own medical issues. In addition, the minor may want a treatment done without having to notify their parents of the circumstances surrounding the treatment. Each state has certain laws and regulations that describe the process of medical emancipation for a minor.The minor will have the ultimate decision on what is medically done to them.
More information about medical emancipation
1.) For more information about what medical emancipation is and the requirements visit the website below. You will find examples on why a minor may seek to be medically emancipated.
https://depts.washington.edu/bioethx/topics/parent.html
2.) For more specific details on how medical emancipation may impact the minor and healthcare, visit the website below. The article discusses specific obstacles that a minor may and probably will encounter if they seek to be medically emancipated.
https://www.bhclr.edu/!userfiles/pdfs/course-materials/Minors%20Rights%20in%20Medical%20Decision%20Making.pdf
https://depts.washington.edu/bioethx/topics/parent.html
2.) For more specific details on how medical emancipation may impact the minor and healthcare, visit the website below. The article discusses specific obstacles that a minor may and probably will encounter if they seek to be medically emancipated.
https://www.bhclr.edu/!userfiles/pdfs/course-materials/Minors%20Rights%20in%20Medical%20Decision%20Making.pdf
A real life story
This video is a real life example on why a person may want to be medically emancipated. In this video, a Connecticut teen is forced to undergo chemotherapy. She finally speaks up about her views about being forced to undergo this procedure.