A recent article from Archives of Disease in Childhood outlined problems with the act of gaining child assent for research participation. However the arguments used in the article are incomplete or misguided. Rather than being harmful, assent should be seen as an ethically-appropriate way in which we can engage with the child about his participation in research. While additional clarification of the concept of assent is needed, the child's family context can provide us with a valuable guide to the way we involve him in the decision-making process
The methods literature on research with children recognises the challenges of negotiating informed c...
Contemporary considerations of childhood research ethics recognize children’s competence and agency,...
Pediatric biobanking is considered important for generating biomedical knowledge and improving (pedi...
BACKGROUND: Current guidelines do not clearly outline when assent should be attained from paediatric...
BACKGROUND: There are gaps in the existing evidence base about assent, with conflicting and unhelpfu...
Assent, currently defined as “a child’s affirmative agreement”, is a way in which some children are ...
Research with children involves more complex considerations with respect to assuring the voluntary p...
This study ascertained reports of assent (affirmative agreement) and permission (agreement by an adu...
The idea of children's 'assent' to medical research became part of English law in 2004. However, thi...
Abstract Background There is currently no consensus from the relevant stakeholders regarding the ope...
Background Assent is an important ethical and legal requirement of paediatric research. Unfortunatel...
BackgroundPaediatric research in low-income countries is essential to tackle high childhood mortalit...
AIM: To describe and evaluate two approaches--a storyboard and a wordsearch--that the authors used w...
Because children are presumed to have insufficient cognitive ability to consent to participate in re...
The practice of and procedures for obtaining child assent in research involving children are based i...
The methods literature on research with children recognises the challenges of negotiating informed c...
Contemporary considerations of childhood research ethics recognize children’s competence and agency,...
Pediatric biobanking is considered important for generating biomedical knowledge and improving (pedi...
BACKGROUND: Current guidelines do not clearly outline when assent should be attained from paediatric...
BACKGROUND: There are gaps in the existing evidence base about assent, with conflicting and unhelpfu...
Assent, currently defined as “a child’s affirmative agreement”, is a way in which some children are ...
Research with children involves more complex considerations with respect to assuring the voluntary p...
This study ascertained reports of assent (affirmative agreement) and permission (agreement by an adu...
The idea of children's 'assent' to medical research became part of English law in 2004. However, thi...
Abstract Background There is currently no consensus from the relevant stakeholders regarding the ope...
Background Assent is an important ethical and legal requirement of paediatric research. Unfortunatel...
BackgroundPaediatric research in low-income countries is essential to tackle high childhood mortalit...
AIM: To describe and evaluate two approaches--a storyboard and a wordsearch--that the authors used w...
Because children are presumed to have insufficient cognitive ability to consent to participate in re...
The practice of and procedures for obtaining child assent in research involving children are based i...
The methods literature on research with children recognises the challenges of negotiating informed c...
Contemporary considerations of childhood research ethics recognize children’s competence and agency,...
Pediatric biobanking is considered important for generating biomedical knowledge and improving (pedi...