Research involving adolescents as subjects: Ethical considerations

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1135, Issue , 2008, Pages 280-286

  Levine, Robert J ^a,b,c  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Interdisciplinary Center for Bioethics   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent research subjects; Assent; Bureaucratic burden; Component analysis; Ethics; Minimal risk; Permission of parents and guardians; Waiver of permission requirement

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONSULTATION; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PARENT COUNSELING; POLICY; RESEARCH SUBJECT; WELFARE;

EID: 45549105757     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1429.039     Document Type: Conference Paper

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