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. 2017 Apr 13;25(5):658. doi: 10.1038/ejhg.2017.41

Legal approaches regarding health-care decisions involving minors: implications for next-generation sequencing

Karine Sénécal, Kristof Thys, Danya F Vears, Kristof Van Assche, Bartha M Knoppers, Pascal Borry
PMCID: PMC5437910  PMID: 28406189

Correction to: European Journal of Human Genetics (2016) 24, 1559–1564; doi:10.1038/ejhg.2016.61; published online 15 June 2016

Due to a misunderstanding on submission, Table 2 was printed with errors. It should be replaced with the corrected version below.

Table 2. General approach towards capacity to consent of minors.

  Legally fixed age for capacity to consent to medical interventions Competence-based approach Mixed approaches
Canada New Foundland and Labrador, Quebec Alberta, Nova Scotia, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Saskatchewan, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Yukon British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick
European Union Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, France, Greece, Hungary, Italy, The Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden Belgium, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Luxembourg Denmark, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovenia, United Kingdom (England Wales)

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