Assent in Paediatric Research and Its Consequences.
Use of parental permission and child assent instead of the procedures for obtaining informed consent used for research involving adults. Subpart D uses parental permission and child assent instead of the procedures for informed consent used for research involving adults.
Introduction: Authoritative research guidelines from Europe, USA and Australia suggest that incompetent children ought to assent, when unable to consent. What assent means here is both unclear and.
Assent and consent in pediatric and adolescent research: school children’s perspectives. School students’ views and perceptions of informed parental consent and child assent about child participation in research in the Middle. whereas other views were not congruent with proper conduct of pediatric research. Such a situation warrants.
Within the past decade there has been an increase in the number of pediatric and adolescent clinical research trials in the United States (NCCF 2000). Consequently, the moral and ethical implications of clinical research on minors has become a widely discussed issue and the notion of adolescent assent- a minor's affirmative agreement to participate in a clinical research trial- has been.
As with the informed consent process, the assent process is meant to be an ongoing conversation between your child, your family, and the research team. This team may include doctors, nurses, social workers, and other health care providers.
Four important findings emerging from our data can help to enhance adolescent assent in clinical research: (1) A diverse group of adolescent research participants report satisfaction with their experience of clinical research assent and parental permission, perhaps suggesting that the current nonspecific guidance about assent allows appropriate tailoring of the process; (2) adolescents more.
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