Children's consent and paediatric research: Is it appropriate for healthy children to be the decisionmakers in clinical research?

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 93, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 379-383

  John, T ^a,b   Hope, T ^b   Savulescu, J ^a   Stein, A ^a   Pollard, A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD EXAMINATION; CHILD; CHILD CARE; DECISION MAKING; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; VEIN PUNCTURE; BLOOD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPREHENSION; INFORMED CONSENT; PARENT; PARENTAL CONSENT; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PEDIATRICS; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RESEARCH SUBJECT;

ANTIBODY; VACCINE;

ANTIBODIES; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; COMPREHENSION; DECISION MAKING; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; PARENTAL CONSENT; PARENTS; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PEDIATRICS; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; RESEARCH SUBJECTS; VACCINES;

EID: 44349088817     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2007.118299     Document Type: Article

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