Off-label, off-limits? Parental awareness and attitudes towards off-label use in paediatrics

European Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 168, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1473-1478

  Lenk, Christian ^a   Koch, Philipp ^a   Zappel, Hildegard ^a   Wiesemann, Claudia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ethics; Informed consent; Off label use; Parents; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC PATIENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL PRACTICE; OFF LABEL DRUG USE; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PEDIATRICIAN; PEDIATRICS; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; OFF-LABEL USE; PARENTS;

EID: 70449517414     PISSN: 03406199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00431-009-0956-6     Document Type: Article

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