title: Taking children seriously: what's so important about assent?
authors.affiliation: University of Washington.
authors.forename: Douglas S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Diekema
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000367:Age Factors; D026686:Beneficence; D002648:Child; D032882:Comprehension; D006801:Humans; D007258:Informed Consent / Q000941:ethics*; D016743:Mental Competency; D033281:Nontherapeutic Human Experimentation; D026684:Personal Autonomy