Abstract
Recently, while attending a course concerned with Humanities in Medicine I had the pleasure of meeting the 10-year-old daughter of one of the participants. The young lady was party to several of our informal discussions on informed consent and children. She was pleased to hear that a Pediatric Bill of Rights existed but she was most displeased when she read the contents. For the Bill of Rights proposed by the National Association of Childrens Hospitals and Related Institutions1 supports the right of minors to obtain medical care without parental consent if a conflict exists. Susan, objected to this being called the "Pediatric" Bill of Rights for it had little to do with what children would propose. Consequently, she composed a true Pediatric Bill of Rights as follows: 1. Any person regardless of age has the right to refuse pedeatric care. 2. Any person regardless of age has the right to pick there own pedeatrision, if there a girl they can pick a girl, if if there a boy they can pick a boy. 3. Any person regardless of age has the right to not take there medicen if they dont want to. 4. Any person regardless of age has the right not to wear those paperthings at the doctors office. 5. Any person regardless of age has the right not to get weighed at the doctors office.
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