Children's assent for participation in pediatric research protocols. Assessing national practice.
A survey instrument was used to gather and evaluate data from medical schools and children's hospitals concerning prevailing national practice on the issue of whether pediatric researchers should be required to obtain informed assent from a minor subject, in addition to parental consent, as a precondition to the participation of the minor in the research protocol. Implications are drawn from the survey results.
D002648:Child; D026724:Ethical Review; D028741:Ethics Committees, Clinical; D028744:Ethics Committees, Research; D006805:Human Experimentation; D006801:Humans; D007258:Informed Consent / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D033242:Minors; D033282:Parental Consent; D010372:Pediatrics; D012106:Research; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014481:United States