If you had one or more children who wanted to make their own medical decisions at age 14 or 15, would you let them make those decisions so early in life? Well, some parents let their own 14-15 year old children make their own medical decisions. For example, when your 15-year-old daughter has leukemia and you want to start treatment immediately, but your daughter wants to wait until after treatment. Friday concert to begin treatment. If you were this girl's mother, what would your answer be? Well, you probably have the same answer as me. So I honestly think that adolescents should have the right to make autonomous medical decisions. First, healthcare professionals have a fundamental duty to do what is best for their patients. Health care professionals are expected to place great importance on respecting their patients' autonomy in adult health care. Regardless of the choice the patient makes regarding their care. As a child, you need time to transition from the dependence and vulnerability of childhood to the autonomy of being an adult. The ability and ability to make one's own choices in complete freedom. Legally, adolescents' consent and confidentiality depend on how they exercise it professionally. Evidence proves that adolescents aged 14 to 15 have similar abilities to adults. Teenagers don't always act the way you want them to and analytical processes may not be the best for decision making. Adolescents may also show emotions when making decisions due to external influences such as perceptions and peer group pressure. Cognitive assessment of capacity may not sufficiently take into account the emotional and psychological components of decision-making itself. The PFC (Prefrontal Cortex...... middle of paper ......e is most likely to end up pregnant and then when teenagers didn't want the baby, they had an abortion. The medical decision to having an abortion is a major decision teenagers make when they are pregnant Most states have passed laws for minors to consent to confidential reproductive health and mental health services Finally, I think teenagers should have the. responsibility to make their own medical decisions independently, but also to make them It's time to think first about the decisions they make Teenagers are people too and whether you consider a 16 year old a mature adult. , you should also consider a 14-15 year old as an adult Additionally, it is legal for teenagers to have their rights If we, as citizens of the United States of America, did not. right to privacy, I don't think we would have our Bill of Rights..