Involving children in health and social research: 'Human becomings' or 'active beings'?

Childhood

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 29-48

  Balen, Rachel ^a   Blyth, Eric ^a   Calabretto, Helen ^b   Fraser, Claire ^d   Horrocks, Christine ^a   Manby, Martin ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HUDDERSFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c Nationwide Children's Research Centre   (United Kingdom)

^d University of Huddersfield ^*

Author keywords

Gillick competence; Informed consent; Research

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645035651     PISSN: 09075682     EISSN: 14617013     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0907568206059962     Document Type: Review

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