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Adolescent-friendly services
1Department of Paediatrics, Institute for the Health of Women and Children, Göteborg University, The Queen Silvia Children 's Hospital, Göteborg, Sweden. kristina@bob-kelly.se
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The time has come to discuss adolescent-friendly services and what these should entail.
Conclusion:
The attitudes and skills of the staff are the keys to successful healthcare for the adolescent. Communication skills include providing time without parental presence. Confidentiality in the patient-provider context is important but rules and practices vary from country to country and have to be learned. The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Children is a generic framework that makes a good starting-point. Ambiguous cases should be referred to groups of professionals and lay people trained in medical ethics.