The experiences of children enrolled in pediatric oncology research: Implications for assent

Pediatrics

Volumn 125, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Unguru, Yoram ^a,b   Sill, Anne M ^c   Kamani, Navnesh ^d,e  

^a The Herman & Walter Samuelson Children's Hospital at Sinai   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Center for Biostatistics and Informatics   (United States)

^d Children's Research Institute   (United States)

^e Division of Blood and Marrow Transplantation/Immunology   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assent; Clinical trials; Decision making; Preferences; Research ethics; Understanding

Indexed keywords

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ACUTE LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER RESEARCH; CANCER THERAPY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EWING SARCOMA; EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING; FEMALE; GERM CELL TUMOR; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA; MALE; ONCOLOGY; OSTEOSARCOMA; PARENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH SUBJECTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77950573933     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2008-3429     Document Type: Article

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