Life without Gillick: Adolescent sexual and reproductive healthcare in Ireland

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dc.contributor.authorLyons, Barryen
dc.contributor.authorDonnelly, Maryen
dc.date.accessioned2024-01-19T16:32:52Z
dc.date.available2024-01-19T16:32:52Z
dc.date.issued2023-12-25en
dc.description.abstractThe decision of the House of Lords in Gillick v West Norfolk Area Health Authority carved out a safe space for competent minors to confidentially access sexual and reproductive health care and advice in the UK. Ireland is one of the few common law jurisdictions that has not endorsed Gillick or a similar mature minor doctrine, nor has it securely legislated for the right to consent of those aged 16 and 17 years. The legal lacuna created by this deficiency has left young persons in Ireland seeking sexual and reproductive healthcare, and the clinicians who provide this, in a challenging place. While this void has been partially filled with policy statements by bodies such as the Irish College of General Practitioners and the Health Service Executive, nonetheless the legal shortcomings leave both a sense of insecurity, and real world difficulties for adolescents seeking to access to sexual and reproductive healthcare.en
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.description.versionAccepted Versionen
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dc.identifier.citationLyons, B. and Donnelly, M. (2023) 'Life without Gillick: Adolescent sexual and reproductive healthcare in Ireland', Clinical Ethics, 19(3), pp.230-236.. https://doi.org/10.1177/14777509231220162en
dc.identifier.doi10.1177/14777509231220162en
dc.identifier.eissn1758-101Xen
dc.identifier.endpage236en
dc.identifier.issn1477-7509en
dc.identifier.issued3en
dc.identifier.journaltitleClinical Ethicsen
dc.identifier.startpage230en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/15413
dc.identifier.volume19en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherSAGE Publicationsen
dc.rights© 2023, the Authors. Reprinted by permission of SAGE Publications. This is a post-peer-review, pre-copyedit version of the following article: Lyons, B and Donnelly, M. (2023) 'Life without Gillick: Adolescent sexual and reproductive healthcare in Ireland', Clinical Ethics. The final authenticated version is available online at: https://doi.org/10.1177/14777509231220162en
dc.subjectGillick v West Norfolk Area Health Authorityen
dc.subjectCompetent minorsen
dc.subjectSexual and reproductive health care and adviceen
dc.subjectUKen
dc.subjectIrelanden
dc.subjectAdolescent sexual and reproductive healthcare in Irelanden
dc.titleLife without Gillick: Adolescent sexual and reproductive healthcare in Irelanden
dc.typeArticle (peer-reviewed)en
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