Stultiëns Loes, Goffin Tom, Borry Pascal, Dierickx Kris, Nys Herman
Centre for Biomedical Ethics and Law, Catholic University Leuven.
Eur J Health Law. 2007 Apr;14(1):21-46. doi: 10.1163/092902707x182788.
The European Convention on Human Rights and Biomedicine of the Council of Europe provides in article 6 for special protection of persons who are not able to give free and informed consent to an intervention in the health field, e.g. minors. According to the second paragraph of this article it is up to domestic law to decide whether and under which conditions a minor is capable of taking autonomous decisions in the health field. In the present article an overview is given of the legal regulations in place regarding the position of minors in a health care setting in the EU Member States that have ratified the European Convention on Human Rights and Biomedicine namely Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Greece, Hungary, Lithuania, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia and Spain. As the overview will show, the legal position of minor patients in a health care setting varies from country to country. This in view of the system they have opted for as well as the age and circumstances under which minors are allowed to take health care decisions autonomously.
欧洲理事会的《欧洲人权与生物医学公约》第6条规定，对于那些无法自由且知情地同意健康领域干预措施的人，如未成年人，给予特别保护。根据该条第二款，由国内法决定未成年人是否以及在何种条件下能够在健康领域自主做出决定。在本文中，将概述已批准《欧洲人权与生物医学公约》的欧盟成员国，即塞浦路斯、捷克共和国、丹麦、爱沙尼亚、希腊、匈牙利、立陶宛、葡萄牙、斯洛伐克、斯洛文尼亚和西班牙，关于未成年人在医疗环境中地位的现行法律法规。如概述所示，未成年患者在医疗环境中的法律地位因国家而异。这是鉴于各国所选择的制度以及允许未成年人自主做出医疗决定的年龄和情形。
