Ethical issues in adolescent consent for research

Nursing Ethics

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 504-511

  Lind, Candace ^a,b   Anderson, Beverly ^b   Oberle, Kathleen ^b  

^a University of Calgary ^*  (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Children; Consent; Empowerment; Relational narrative; Research

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; BIOMEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; CANADA; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; ETHICS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMED CONSENT; LEGAL ASPECT; MENTAL CAPACITY; NURSE ATTITUDE; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RESEARCH; RESEARCH ETHICS; REVIEW; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

BIOMEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; CANADA; ETHICS, RESEARCH; HUMAN EXPERIMENTATION; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; MENTAL COMPETENCY; NURSE'S ROLE; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; RESEARCH; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 17844379530     PISSN: 09697330     EISSN: 14770989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0969733003ne632oa     Document Type: Review

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