Objectives:
After viewing this presentation, the viewer should be able to:

1. Become aware that confidentiality is an essential principle and right of pediatric medicine.
2. Understand why said right is not unconditional.
3. Become aware that details on said right vary from state
   to state.
4. Become familiar with information used by lawmakers to craft laws to support said right.

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•  The Right of Minors to Confidentiality & Informed Consent:
      A Case Based Review
  - originally presented 1/16/08 (CME credit expires 1/16/09)
  
  Pedro Weisleder, MD, PhD
  Nationwide Children's Hospital
  
  
  UNRESTRICTED EDUCATIONAL GRANT PROVIDED BY:  None.
  FACULTY DISCLOSURE:  None
  DISCUSSION OF UNAPPROVED (UNLABELED) USES:  None.
  Estimated time to complete:  1 hour
   

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