Parental authority, research interests and children's right to decide in medical research – an uneasy tension?

Clinical Ethics

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 69-74

  Swartling, Ulrica ^a   Helgesson, Gert ^b   Hansson, Mats G ^c   Ludvigsson, Johnny ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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EID: 84992884639     PISSN: 14777509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/ce.2008.008012     Document Type: Article

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