Before children come of age, they lack medical autonomy. Their parents or legal guardians must give consent if children are to participate in experiments or drug studies or to donate a liver or kidney. Sometimes moral pressure is exerted on the children.
孩子在成年以前沒有醫療自主權，參與任何人體試驗、藥物研究或捐肝、捐腎，都必須經過法定代理人的同意，有時則演變成一種道德壓力。