title: Problems in follow-up studies.
abstract: Recent regulations concerning consent procedures and protection of privacy fall most severely on follow-up studies of childre. Indeed, rigorous sample selection, nearly complete follow-up, and objective assessment of outcome are virtually impossible now. Further, complicance with current "subjects' rights" regulations sometimes seems potentially more harmful to the subjects than is the research itself.
mesh_terms: D035841:Behavioral Research; D002653:Child Behavior Disorders / Q000209:etiology*; D003219:Confidentiality; D005190:Family; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D033161:Government Regulation; D006805:Human Experimentation; D006806:Human Rights; D006801:Humans; D007258:Informed Consent; D007878:Legislation as Topic; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000209:etiology*; D028642:Persons with Psychiatric Disorders; D011996:Records; D012107:Research Design; D035842:Research Subjects; D012306:Risk; D014481:United States