title: Parental consent to publicity.
abstract: The problems presented by the use of named child patients and their medical histories in television, radio and newspapers is discussed. It is suggested that it is not acceptable to regard this as comparable to their participation in non-therapeutic research, and that no one, not even the parent has the authority to give consent to such use.
authors.forename: R B
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Jones
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D003219:Confidentiality; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D006801:Humans; D033181:Information Dissemination; D008402:Mass Media; D033281:Nontherapeutic Human Experimentation; D033282:Parental Consent; D018570:Risk Assessment; D020458:Third-Party Consent