TY - JOUR
T1 - Rethinking Pediatric Assent
T2 - From Requirement to Ideal
AU - Unguru, Yoram
AU - Coppes, Max J.
AU - Kamani, Naynesh
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was supported by the National Science Council of Taiwan under the grant of NSC 86-261 l-E-006-019. The authors wish to express their sincere appreciation to Professor T. K., Tsay (National Taiwan University, Taiwan) and Professor Jerome P. Y., Maa (College of William and Mary, Virginia, USA) for their comments and suggestions regarding this paper.
PY - 2008/2
Y1 - 2008/2
N2 - Physician-investigators are required to obtain informed consent from adult participants in their studies. Inclusion of children in research legally requires informed permission of a child's parent or guardian. It is increasingly recognized that a child need not assume a passive role when included in research, but that his or her active involvement should be sought, as expressed by the child's assent to partake in clinical research. This article briefly explores the history of assent and the central role of assessing a child's understanding of research and preference for participating in decisions related to their care, as necessary components of meaningful assent.
AB - Physician-investigators are required to obtain informed consent from adult participants in their studies. Inclusion of children in research legally requires informed permission of a child's parent or guardian. It is increasingly recognized that a child need not assume a passive role when included in research, but that his or her active involvement should be sought, as expressed by the child's assent to partake in clinical research. This article briefly explores the history of assent and the central role of assessing a child's understanding of research and preference for participating in decisions related to their care, as necessary components of meaningful assent.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.pcl.2007.10.016
DO - 10.1016/j.pcl.2007.10.016
M3 - Review article
C2 - 18242322
AN - SCOPUS:38849179523
SN - 0031-3955
VL - 55
SP - 211
EP - 222
JO - Pediatric Clinics of North America
JF - Pediatric Clinics of North America
IS - 1
ER -