Children, privacy, and nontherapeutic experimentation.
Experimentation not for the direct benefit of the child-participant raises serious legal problems. Strict adherence to the law indicates that neither the child, parent or guardian, nor the state has the power to grant legally binding consent. A possible solution to this dilemma is suggested.
D000293:Adolescent; D035841:Behavioral Research; D002648:Child; D002651:Child Advocacy; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007258:Informed Consent; D007603:Jurisprudence; D008297:Male; D033281:Nontherapeutic Human Experimentation; D033282:Parental Consent; D011247:Pregnancy; D012106:Research; D018570:Risk Assessment; D009927:Tissue and Organ Procurement; D014481:United States