Normative analysis of the voice of children in Brazilian child protection legislation.

Objective to identify and analyse children's voices in healthcare decision making in the discourse of Brazil's child protection laws. Method Documentary normative analysis of Brazil's child protection legislation (1988-2012) based on the content analysis of nine texts, conducted in 2015. Results The legislation acknowledges and stresses the voice of children in the decision-making process in research and healthcare. Any recognition of the right to dignity, liberty, information, and protection depends on what the adult decision-maker (with parental authority) believes is the child's capacity for discernment and whether the situation will cause self-harm. Conclusions the normative child protection discourse grants children a voice, although with restrictions and under the authority of the adult with parental authority.

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