TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2021//
TI  - Doctors' criminal law duty to report consensual sexual activity between adolescents: legal and clinical issues
JO  - Medical journal of Australia
A1  - Mathews, Ben
A1  - Sanci, Lena A.
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - Many Australian teenagers engage in consentual sexual intercourse with similar aged peers. They require confidential medical care, includig contraception and sexually transmitted disease testing. However, adolescents' right to access medical care may confront legal barriers.     In several Australian stats and territories, new criminal laws require adults to report sexual offences against children. Other criminal laws make it an offence for adolescents under age 16 to ingage in sexual activities. Accordingly, a question for clinical practice is whether the new criminal law reporting duty applies to adolescents' confidential communicaitons regarding consentual sexual contact ...<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0025-729X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.5694/mja2.51163
ID  - ref1
ER  -