Ethical issues in pediatric research: preserving psychosocial care in scientific inquiry. Academic Article

abstract

• Ethical considerations in pediatric psychosocial research make many demands on the researcher. This article defines basic concepts such as risk, risk/benefit evaluation, and consent/assent as it applies to pediatric research. The implications of these concepts to the researcher are discussed. Guidelines to protect the psychosocial aspects of the pediatric population are included.

authors

• Fournier, Constance

published proceedings

• Child Health Care

author list (cited authors)

• Rae, W. A., & Fournier, C. J.

citation count

• 9

complete list of authors

• Rae, WA||Fournier, CJ

publication date

• January 1986

publisher

• Taylor & Francis  Publisher

published in

• n0273-9615ISSN  Journal

keywords

• Child
• Child, Hospitalized
• Ethics
• Human Experimentation
• Humans
• Informed Consent
• Research
• Risk

PubMed Central ID

• 10276634

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1207/s15326888chc1404_8

start page

• 242

end page

• 248

volume

• 14

issue

• 4

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1207/s15326888chc1404_8