The right of a minor to medical care: de jure and de facto
Keywords:
minor, child health protection, parental refusal of medical intervention, judicial control, administrative proceedingsAbstract
The problematic issues of the realization of the right of a minor to health protection and medical care are considered. The issues arising in law enforcement practice related to the provision of medicines to minors; the provision of outpatient care by medical institutions and medical care in educational institutions are analyzed. It is noted that it is advisable to approve at the federal level a unified procedure for providing pediatric care, in which it is necessary to fix the basic rules for providing medical care to minors, as well as reference norms to all standards of medical care for certain childhood diseases. The article substantiates the provision on additional legal regulation of the responsibility of all persons who are associated with the provision of medical care to a minor (medical organization, parents and other legal representatives). The issues of judicial protection of the interests of minors in the provision of medical care in administrative proceedings are considered.