Research involving children: Some ethical issues

Nursing Ethics

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 298-308

  Helseth, Sølvi ^a   Slettebø, Åshild ^a  

^a OSLO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Assent consent; Children; Confidentiality; Research ethics; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BIOMEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; CHILD; CHILD ADVOCACY; CONFIDENTIALITY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; ETHICS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMED CONSENT; NORWAY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RESEARCH ETHICS;

BIOMEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; EMPIRICAL APPROACH;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; CHILD; CHILD ADVOCACY; CONFIDENTIALITY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; ETHICS, RESEARCH; HUMAN EXPERIMENTATION; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; NORWAY;

EID: 3242723481     PISSN: 09697330     EISSN: 14770989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0969733004ne697oa     Document Type: Article

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