Arch Dis Child Educ Pract Ed. 2024 Apr 9:edpract-2023-326654. doi: 10.1136/archdischild-2023-326654. Online ahead of print.
ABSTRACT
As the third case in the acute safeguarding essentials in modern-day paediatrics series, this article focuses on sexual relationships, consent and confidentiality. Using the scenario of a 15-year-old girl presenting to the emergency department with a positive pregnancy test, it begins with a guide to taking a psychosocial history in young people followed by discussion about some of the legality surrounding sexual relationships in adolescents, issues around consent and considerations for confidentiality in this age group.
PMID:38594063 | DOI:10.1136/archdischild-2023-326654
