Research with minors in Greece and the EU directive on clinical trials

European Journal of Health Law

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 163-168

  Canellopoulou Bottis, Maria ^a  

^a IONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Clinical trials; EU directive on clinical trials; Greek code of medical ethics; Minors

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; GREECE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; LAW; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MINORITY GROUP; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; ETHICS COMMITTEES, RESEARCH; ETHICS, RESEARCH; EUROPEAN UNION; GREECE; HUMANS; MINORS; PUBLIC POLICY;

EID: 53549118589     PISSN: 09290273     EISSN: 15718093     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/157180908X322987     Document Type: Review

References (5)

1. European Parliament (2001) Directive 2001/20/EC of the European Parliament and Council of April 4 2001. Official J L 121: 33-34.
2. On the need for clinical trials to develop better or new drugs (for example, immunizations) for minors see the preamble of the Directive, under 3.
3. See ed. J.K.M. Gevers, E.H. Hondius & J.H. Hubben, Health Law, Human Rights and the Biomedicine Convention, Essays in Honor of Henriette Roscam Abbing, 2005.
4. As the Directive was implemented with the Ministerial Decision almost as a translation to Greek (in the case of minors, it is a translation) I do not lay down here this Ministerial Decision in detail.
5. See extensively Androulakis N, The Jehovah's Witness Father, PoinChron K (1970), 241.