Keywords
Derecho y Menores, derecho a la vida, derecho a la integridad, consentimiento informado, minoría de edad, patria potestad, right to life, right to integrity, informed consent, minority, parental rights
Menores de edad y consentimiento informado
Abstract
La capacidad de obrar de los menores como nuevos sujetos activos de derechos y libertades constituye uno de los conflictos más difíciles a los que debe enfrentarse el operador jurídico, sobre todo, cuando tales conflictos surgen en el ámbito del tratamiento médico, donde los valores e intereses a proteger son especialmente trascendentes. La dificultad radica, esencialmente, en el carácter progresivo de la capacidad del menor y, en muchas ocasiones, no absolutamente homogéneo de unos menores a otros. El debate científico y jurídico sobre optar por un criterio objetivo (edad) o subjetivo (madurez) no está cerrado aún, pese a que viene planteándose desde hace ya varias décadas.
Además, en la resolución de tales conflictos surgen diferentes dudas y problemas, no sólo derivados de la complejidad de operar con principios jurídicos algo difusos como es el del interés superior del menor, o por el papel que en la toma de decisiones debe otorgarse a los padres, sino, sobre todo, por las nuevas evidencias científicas que surgen al amparo del avance de los estudios de imagen del cerebro, a través, entre otras, de la neurología de la conducta que ponen en duda el paradigma ofrecido por la psicología evolutiva con el que hemos venido operando tradicionalmente en el campo jurídico.
En definitiva, esta obra pretende abordar de una manera completa, sistemática, práctica y, sobre todo, actualizada la capacidad de obrar de los menores en el ámbito del tratamiento médico. Se trata de un trabajo que puede ser de interés y utilidad no sólo para juristas sino también para aquellos que trabajan con menores en el ámbito sanitario o campos similares o que tengan interés en aproximarse a la capacidad de obrar del menor desde ramas del conocimiento no estrictamente jurídicas.
The ability of children to act as new active subjects of rights and freedoms is one of the most difficult conflicts that the legal operator must face, especially when such conflicts arise in the field of medical treatment, where values ​​and interests to protect are especially transcendent. The radical difficulty, severely, in the progressive nature of the child's ability and, in many cases, not absolutely homogeneous from some minors to others. The scientific and legal debate about opting for an objective criterion (age) or subjective (maturity) is not yet closed, although it has been considered for several decades. In addition, in the resolution of stories conflicts arise different doubts and problems, not only derived from the complexity of operating with somewhat diffuse legal principles such as the best interests of the minor, or by the role that in decision making should be granted to parents , but, above all, by the new scientific evidences that arise under the protection of brain imaging studies, through, among others, the behavioral neurology that questions the paradigm offered by evolutionary psychology with the that we have been operating traditionally in the legal field. In short, this work aims to address a complete, systematic, practical and, above all, updated ability to act for minors in the field of medical treatment. It is a work that can be of interest and usefulness not only for jurists but also for those who operate with minors in the health field or similar fields or who have an interest in approaching the child's ability to act from branches of knowledge not strictly legal
The ability of children to act as new active subjects of rights and freedoms is one of the most difficult conflicts that the legal operator must face, especially when such conflicts arise in the field of medical treatment, where values ​​and interests to protect are especially transcendent. The radical difficulty, severely, in the progressive nature of the child's ability and, in many cases, not absolutely homogeneous from some minors to others. The scientific and legal debate about opting for an objective criterion (age) or subjective (maturity) is not yet closed, although it has been considered for several decades. In addition, in the resolution of stories conflicts arise different doubts and problems, not only derived from the complexity of operating with somewhat diffuse legal principles such as the best interests of the minor, or by the role that in decision making should be granted to parents , but, above all, by the new scientific evidences that arise under the protection of brain imaging studies, through, among others, the behavioral neurology that questions the paradigm offered by evolutionary psychology with the that we have been operating traditionally in the legal field. In short, this work aims to address a complete, systematic, practical and, above all, updated ability to act for minors in the field of medical treatment. It is a work that can be of interest and usefulness not only for jurists but also for those who operate with minors in the health field or similar fields or who have an interest in approaching the child's ability to act from branches of knowledge not strictly legal
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