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Item Legal issues in adolescents’ rights under medical treatment as a constituent of right to health(2018-01) Ekundayo, O.S.The paper intends to contribute in facilitating the implementation of adolescents’ right within the myriad instances of daily decision making by the medical personnel which touch and concern the health of the adolescents. This paper has provided a comprehensive and detailed account of the law and practice of adolescents’ rights as it relates the patient, parents, and medical personnel showing that none of them has absolute power when it comes to medical treatment. It is concluded that the adolescent rights do not prevent interventions that will protect the adolescent front adverse health consequencesItem Euthanasia: another face of murder(Sage Publications, London, 2004-02) Bamgbose, O.Debate over euthanasia is not a recent phenomenon. Over the years, public opinion, decisions of courts, and legal and medical approaches to the issue of euthanasia has been conflicting. The connection between murder and euthanasia has been attempted in a few debates. Although it is widely accepted that murder is a crime, a clearly defined stand has not been taken on euthanasia. This article considers euthanasia from the medical, legal, and global perspectives and discusses the crime of murder in relation to euthanasia, taking into consideration the issue of consent in the law of crime. This article concludes that in the midst of this debate on euthanasia and murder, the important thing is that different countries need to find their own solution to the issue of euthanasia rather than trying to import solutions from other countries.