Child assent and parental permission in pediatric research

Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 131-148

  Rossi, Wilma C ^a   Reynolds, William ^a   Nelson, Robert M ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Assent; Child; Ethics; Human experimentation; Informed consent; Parents; Pediatrics; Permission; Research

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PARENT; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; VOLUNTEER;

ANALYTICAL APPROACH; BIOMEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD ADVOCACY; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ETHICS, RESEARCH; FEMALE; HUMAN EXPERIMENTATION; HUMANS; MALE; PARENTAL CONSENT; PEDIATRICS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0042093634     PISSN: 13867415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024690712019     Document Type: Review

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