Morally Relevant Similarities and Differences Between Children and Dementia Patients as Research Subjects: Representation in Legal Documents and Ethical Guidelines

Bioethics

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 662-670

  Jongsma, Karin ^a   Bos, Wendy ^a   van de Vathorst, Suzanne ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dementia; Paediatrics; Regulation; Research ethics; Research on special populations

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CHILD; DEMENTIA; ETHICS; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MORALITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RESEARCH ETHICS; RESEARCH SUBJECT; RISK; STANDARDS;

ADULT; CHILD; CONSENT FORMS; DEMENTIA; ETHICS, RESEARCH; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; MORALS; RESEARCH SUBJECTS; RISK; THIRD-PARTY CONSENT;

EID: 84946401109     PISSN: 02699702     EISSN: 14678519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bioe.12195     Document Type: Article

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