Emancipated minors are:
1. Economically self-supporting adolescents under 18 years of age, no longer living at home, and not subject to parental control.
2. Beginning to understand treatment risks.
3. Designated when child and parents do not agree.
4. Declared when there is a potential conflict of interest between the child and parents.
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Rationale:
1. Emancipated minors are economically self-supporting adolescents under 18 years of age, no longer living at home, and not subject to parental control. They can legally give informed consent for themselves.
2. Emancipated minors have more knowledge than just beginning understanding. They are solely responsible for themselves, and can give informed consent.
3. Emancipated minors are not designated only when the parents and child have a disagreement, but when the minor becomes solely responsible for all aspects of her life.
4. Emancipated minors are not declared as such only when there is a conflict of interest between the child and parents. The child has sole responsibility for all aspects of her life.
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