Overcoming challenges to meaningful informed consent for whole genome sequencing in pediatric cancer research

Pediatric Blood and Cancer

Volumn 62, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 1374-1380

  Oberg, Jennifer A ^a   Glade Bender, Julia L ^a   Cohn, Elizabeth G ^a   Morris, Marilyn ^a   Ruiz, Jenny ^b   Chung, Wendy K ^a   Appelbaum, Paul S ^a   Kung, Andrew L ^a   Levine, Jennifer M ^a  

^a Department of Medicine   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Informed consent; Pediatric oncology; Whole genome sequencing

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AWARENESS; CANCER RESEARCH; CANCER SURGERY; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTENT ANALYSIS; CONTROL GROUP; EXPECTATION; FEAR; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMED CONSENT; KNOWLEDGE; LEGAL GUARDIAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; PARENT; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVACY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TUMOR BIOPSY; CHROMOSOME MAP; DECISION MAKING; DNA SEQUENCE; EDUCATION; GENETICS; HUMAN GENOME; INCIDENTAL FINDING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PARENTAL CONSENT; PATIENT SELECTION; PSYCHOLOGY;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; GENOME, HUMAN; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; MALE; PARENTAL CONSENT; PARENTS; PATIENT SELECTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84932198528     PISSN: 15455009     EISSN: 15455017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pbc.25520     Document Type: Article

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