The Decision Making of Pre- Adolescents about their Own Bodies: Dilemmas of the Informed Consent in Argentina in the Light of the Norms of the Civil and Commercial Code of the Nation and the Law of the Patients’ Rights.

The changes introduced in the Civil and Commercial Code of the Nation regarding informed consent, autonomy and capacity of patients have brought along a number of new questions when dealing with minors deciding on their own bodies.
The objective of this work is to present a systematic interpretation of the Argentine normative, especially the Civil and Commercial Code, the international and national provisions of children’s rights and the lawful guarantees of patients in order to define the capacity of a minor regarding his/her own health, putting an emphasis to the informed consent and autonomy to take decisions about his/her own body.