Assent for children's participation in research is incoherent and wrong

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 96, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 960-962

  Baines, Paul ^a  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PARENTAL CONSENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESEARCH SUBJECT; SHORT SURVEY; UNITED KINGDOM;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CHILD; DECISION MAKING; ETHICS, RESEARCH; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; MENTAL COMPETENCY; PARENTAL CONSENT; PATIENT SELECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 80052868777     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2011.211342     Document Type: Short Survey

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