Tengku Noor Azira Tengku  Zainudin, Anita Abdul  Rahim, 
    The Right of the Child Patient in Giving Consent to Medical Treatment in 
  Malaysia,
    The Social Sciences,
    Volume 9,Issue 2,
    2014,
    Pages 129-134,
    ISSN 1818-5800,
    sscience.2014.129.134,
    (https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=sscience.2014.129.134)
    Abstract: This study aims to determine whether in Malaysia a child patient 
  can give a valid consent in law to his/her medical treatment. Is there any legal 
  provision in Malaysia that allows patients who are still children to give their 
  own consent? The issue of whether a patient who is still a child has the right 
  to give consent to medical treatment needs to be researched and discussed in 
  order to give clarity and certainty to the law so that it can in turn be used 
  as the basis for medical and legal practice. Giving children the right to make 
  their own decision pertaining to their medical treatment could be regarded as 
  giving them justice in determining their own well-being. In this study, the 
  writers will refer to Malaysian laws that are relevant to the issue and henceforth 
  determine whether there is a need for a specific law to be introduced dealing 
  with consent to medical treatment by children.
    Keywords: medical treatment;Valid consent;child patient;legal practice;Malaysia