TY - JOUR T1 - Improving consultations with children and adolescents JF - Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin JO - Drug Ther Bull SP - 66 LP - 66 DO - 10.1136/dtb.2020.000002 VL - 58 IS - 5 AU - Hilda Bastian Y1 - 2020/05/01 UR - http://dtb.bmj.com/content/58/5/66.abstract N2 - By the age of 16 years at the latest, young people have the right to consent before receiving treatment.1 Well before that age, though, leaving children out of decision making could come at a serious cost. By the age of 13 years, young people with long-term conditions can be responsible for the majority of illness-related self-care. From the age of 11 years, they can be frustrated if they and their preferences are left out of decisions.2 Young and older teens say that happens a lot.2 Researchers report that, too.3 Authors observing interactions with children in hospital recently reported a common aspect of this: doctors and parents talking to each other as though the child was not there, some or all … ER -