Young people can make medical decisions - it's about individual assessment
Helen addresses concerns about adolescent decision-making capacity, explaining that we trust young people with major medical decisions in other contexts and it should be assessed individually
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Dr Helen Webberley, Gender Specialist and Medical Educator
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