Minors and medical experiments.

Minors' rights in medical decision making.

In the past, minors were not considered legally capable of making medical decisions and were viewed as incompetent because of their age. The authority to consent or refuse treatment for a minor remained with a parent or guardian. This parental authority was derived from the constitutional right to privacy regarding family matters, common law rule, and a general presumption that parents or guard...

Domestic Sex Trafficking of Minors: Medical Student and Physician Awareness.

STUDY OBJECTIVE Our aim was to assess: (1) medical trainee and practicing physician awareness about domestic sex trafficking of minors; and (2) whether respondents believe that awareness of trafficking is important to their practice. DESIGN AND SETTING We designed an anonymous electronic survey, and a convenience sample was collected from June through October 2013. PARTICIPANTS Voluntary pa...

Logarithmically small minors and topological minors

For every integer t there is a smallest real number c(t) such that any graph with average degree at least c(t) must contain a Kt-minor (proved by Mader). Improving on results of Shapira and Sudakov, we prove the conjecture of Fiorini, Joret, Theis and Wood that any graph with n vertices and average degree at least c(t) + ε must contain a Kt-minor consisting of at most C(ε, t) logn vertices. Mad...

The Medical Response to Sex Trafficking of Minors in Wisconsin.

Medical professionals are in a unique position to identify and assist pediatric victims of sex trafficking, who experience a high prevalence of physical, mental, and sexual health problems. However, providers report a need for education and guidelines for medical care of this population. A literature review was conducted on the nature and scope of pediatric sex trafficking in Wisconsin, the med...

Volunteering children for medical experiments.