Abstract This article examines the limitations of decision-making skills of children and adolescents in a medical connection imposed by cognitive immaturity.

Abstract

This article examines the limitations of decision-making skills of children and adolescents in a medical connection imposed by cognitive immaturity. The author considers the work of Piaget and other theorists who have addressed when children do and do not posses the requisite maturity to make their acknowledge decisions.

Finally, the author have the intentions that providers individually assess the cognitive abilities of children in an attempt to ascertain when the child is able to make his or her hold decision, regardless of chronological age.

Introduction

Western medicine, which has traditionally encouraged autonomous decision-making by way of patients, faces a special challenge when