Piercing and tattoos in adolescents: legal and medico-legal implications

Conti Adelaide; Bin Paola; Casella Claudia; Capasso Emanuele; Fedeli Piergiorgio; Salzano Francesco Antonio; Terracciano Lucia; Piras Mauro

doi:10.1515/med-2018-0023

Open Medicine (Apr 2018)

Piercing and tattoos in adolescents: legal and medico-legal implications

Conti Adelaide,
Bin Paola,
Casella Claudia,
Capasso Emanuele,
Fedeli Piergiorgio,
Salzano Francesco Antonio,
Terracciano Lucia,
Piras Mauro

Affiliations

Conti Adelaide: Department of Surgery, Radiology and Public Health, Public Health and Humanities Section, University of Brescia – Centre of Bioethics Research (with the contribution of IRCCS “S. Giovanni di Dio - Fatebenefratelli”), P.le Spedali Civili, 1, 25123, Brescia, Italy
Bin Paola: Department of Surgery, Radiology and Public Health, Public Health and Humanities Section, University of Brescia Italy -Forensic Medicine Institute, 25123, Brescia, Italy
Casella Claudia: Department of Advanced Biomedical Sciences, University of Naples “Federico II”, Via Sergio Pansini 5, 80131, Naples, Italy
Capasso Emanuele: Department of Advanced Biomedical Sciences, University of Naples, Section of Legal Medicine, Via Sergio Pansini 5, 80131, Naples, Italy
Fedeli Piergiorgio: Jurisprudence School, University of Camerino, Via A. D’Accorso 16, 62032, Camerino (MC), Italy
Salzano Francesco Antonio: Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry “Salernitan Medical School”, University of Salerno, Salerno, Italy
Terracciano Lucia: Department of Advanced Biomedical Sciences, University of Naples “Federico II”, Via Sergio Pansini 5, 80131, Naples, Italy
Piras Mauro: Department of Surgery, Radiology and Public Health, Public Health and Humanities Section, University of Brescia – Centre of Bioethics Research (with the contribution of IRCCS “S. Giovanni di Dio - Fatebenefratelli”), P.le Spedali Civili, 1, 25123, Brescia, Italy

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/med-2018-0023
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 148 – 152

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Non-therapeutic body modification interventions are permitted within the limits of the use of one’s own body that can be specified in the legal system. The authors take into consideration Italian regulation on tattooing and piercing, in particular in relation to adolescents.

Published in Open Medicine

ISSN: 2391-5463 (Online)
Publisher: De Gruyter
Country of publisher: Poland
LCC subjects: Medicine
Website: https://www.degruyter.com/journal/key/med/html

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