title: Assent, consent and paediatric bioethics. Commentary.
abstract: In the ethics of relations between physicians and paediatric patients the question of autonomy and its corollary, consent, is crucial. While the importance attached to autonomy in the clinical setting is not the same as that accorded in research, it nonetheless assumes greater relevance when minors are involved, and a careful case-by-case assessment becomes obligatory.
authors.affiliation: Unità di Bioetica, Presidenza, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: Carlo
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Petrini
authors.affiliation: UO Malattie Rare, Dipartimento Medicina Pediatrica, Ospedale Bambino Gesù, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: Ippolita
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Rana
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Biologia Cellulare e Neuroscienze, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: Enrico
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Alleva
mesh_terms: D001675:Bioethics; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D033242:Minors; D010372:Pediatrics / Q000941:ethics*