Therapeutic misconception: Hope, trust and misconception in paediatric research

Health Care Analysis

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 3-21

  Woods, Simon ^a   Hagger, Lynn E ^b   McCormack, Pauline ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Children; Clinical trials; Hope; Informed consent; Optimism; Paediatric; Parents; Research; Therapeutic misconception

Indexed keywords

CHILD; ETHICS; HOPE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; PARENTAL CONSENT; PEDIATRICS; RESEARCH ETHICS; THERAPEUTIC MISCONCEPTION; TRUST; UNITED KINGDOM;

CHILD; COMMUNICATION; ETHICS, RESEARCH; GREAT BRITAIN; HOPE; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; PARENTAL CONSENT; PEDIATRICS; THERAPEUTIC MISCONCEPTION; TRUST;

EID: 84894417029     PISSN: 10653058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10728-012-0201-8     Document Type: Article

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