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Children's consent and paediatric research: is it appropriate for healthy children to be the decision-makers in clinical research?

Waterhouse T., Hope T., Savulescu J., Stein A., Pollard AJ.

To determine the appropriateness of asking healthy children to make a decision regarding participation in a research study.

Original publication

DOI

10.1136/adc.2007.118299

Type

Journal article

Journal

Arch Dis Child

Publication Date

05/2008

Volume

93

Pages

379 - 383

Addresses

Oxford Vaccine Group, Centre for Clinical Vaccinology and Tropical Medicine, Department of Paediatrics, University of Oxford, Churchill Hospital, Oxford OX3 7LJ, UK. tessa.john@paediatrics.ox.ac.uk

Keywords

Antibodies, Biomedical Research, Child, Clinical Trials as Topic, Comprehension, Decision Making, Follow-Up Studies, Humans, Informed Consent, Parental Consent, Parents, Patient Participation, Pediatrics, Personal Autonomy, Research Subjects, Vaccines