We should reject passive resignation in favor of requiring the assent of younger children for participation in nonbeneficial research

American Journal of Bioethics

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 11-13

  Nelson, Robert M ^a   Reynolds, William W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ALTRUISM; BIOMEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; CHILD; DECISION MAKING; ETHICS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMED CONSENT; NATIONAL COMMISSION FOR THE PROTECTION OF HUMAN SUBJECTS; NOTE; PARENTAL CONSENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REFUSAL TO PARTICIPATE;

BIOMEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; NATIONAL COMMISSION FOR THE PROTECTION OF HUMAN SUBJECTS;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ALTRUISM; CHILD; DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; NONTHERAPEUTIC HUMAN EXPERIMENTATION; PARENTAL CONSENT; REFUSAL TO PARTICIPATE;

EID: 8744279527     PISSN: 15265161     EISSN: 15360075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/152651603322614418     Document Type: Note

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