Rethink “affirmative agreement,” but abandon “assent”

American Journal of Bioethics

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 9-11

  Joffe, Steven ^a  

^a DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; BIOMEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COMPREHENSION; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMED CONSENT; MENTAL CAPACITY; NOTE; PARENTAL CONSENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

BIOMEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COMPREHENSION; DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; MENTAL COMPETENCY; NONTHERAPEUTIC HUMAN EXPERIMENTATION; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTAL CONSENT;

EID: 11844258406     PISSN: 15265161     EISSN: 15360075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/152651603322614409     Document Type: Note

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