title: Ethical considerations in pediatric critical care research.
abstract: Pediatric critical care nurses are exposed to research in the critical care environment on a routine basis and should be knowledgeable about the ethical considerations inherent in this process. The following discussion includes information that centers on the ethical issues of conducting research with children. First, children as a vulnerable population is explored, followed by selected ethical principles that pertain to research, the role of the technological imperative in research, the process of informed consent, and finally, nursing considerations.
authors.affiliation: College of Nursing, Texas Woman's University, Denton, TX 76204-5498, USA. vzeigler@twu.edu
authors.forename: Vicki L
authors.initials: VL
authors.lastname: Zeigler
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D003422:Critical Care / Q000941:ethics*; D006801:Humans; D007258:Informed Consent / Q000941:ethics; D015278:Intensive Care Units, Pediatric / Q000941:ethics; D010371:Pediatric Nursing / Q000941:ethics*; D036302:Therapeutic Human Experimentation / Q000941:ethics