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Fraser guidelines or Gillick competence?

Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2007
AuthorsCornock M
JournalJournal of Children's and Young People's Nursing
Volume1
Issue3
Pagination142-142
ISBN Number1753-1594
URLhttp://oro.open.ac.uk/15910/
Refereed DesignationRefereed

Abstract

Fraser guidelines, Gillick competence; phrases that anyone involved in the care of children will have heard. However, there is often confusion regarding the meaning of these two terms and they are frequently used as substitutes for each other, as if they were interchangeable rather than two distinct but related terms.