A goodness-of-fit ethic for child assent to nonbeneficial research

American Journal of Bioethics

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 27-28

  Fisher, Celia B ^a  

^a FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ALTRUISM; BENEFICENCE; BIOMEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; ETHICS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN RELATION; INFORMED CONSENT; MENTAL CAPACITY; NOTE; REFUSAL TO PARTICIPATE;

BIOMEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ALTRUISM; BENEFICENCE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; MENTAL COMPETENCY; NONTHERAPEUTIC HUMAN EXPERIMENTATION; REFUSAL TO PARTICIPATE; RESEARCHER-SUBJECT RELATIONS;

EID: 10044272420     PISSN: 15265161     EISSN: 15360075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/152651603322614490     Document Type: Note

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