Allows health care providers to treat youth as adults based upon an assessment and documentation of the young person's maturity;enables the provider to ask questions of the young person in order to determine whether or not the patient can consent for his or her own treatment

A) informed consent
B) implied consent
C) expressed consent
D) patient incompetence
E) emancipated minor
F) mature minor
G) subpoena duces tecum
H) respondeat superior
I) res ipsa loquitur
J) locum tenens
K) defendant
L) plaintiff
M) deposition
N) arbitration
O) mediation
P) Good Samaritan law

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​Allows health care providers to treat youth as adults based upon an assessment and documentation of the young person's maturity;enables the provider to ask questions of the young person in order to determine whether or not the patient can consent for his or her own treatmentA) ​informed consentB) implied consentC) ​expressed consentD) ​patient incompetenceE) ​emancipated minorF) ​mature minorG) ​subpoena duces tecumH) ​respondeat superiorI) ​res ipsa loquiturJ) locum tenensK) defendantL) ​plaintiffM) ​depositionN) ​arbitrationO) ​mediationP) ​Good Samaritan law

Young D-Rock · Accepted Answer

Final Answer : F, Explanation :  The term mature minor refers to a legal principle that allows healthcare providers to treat minors as adults for the purpose of consenting to medical treatment, based on an assessment of the minor's maturity and understanding of the treatment.

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