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Children in medical research: Australian ethical standards
Author(s) -
Berglund C A
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
child: care, health and development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.832
H-Index - 82
eISSN - 1365-2214
pISSN - 0305-1862
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2214.1995.tb00416.x
Subject(s) - statement (logic) , ethical standards , ethical code , political science , statute , research ethics , informed consent , engineering ethics , medical research , ethical issues , law , medicine , alternative medicine , engineering , pathology
Summary This paper examines standards for the use of children as research participants in medical research which are relevant to Australia and relates the standards to pivotal ethical issues. The standards include the National Health and Medical Research Council's NHMRC Statement and Supplementary Notes, professional codes of ethics, international human rights conventions, United Kingdom and United States codes of ethics, and statute and case law. The key ethical issues of potential risk and benefit to the child, and consent to research participation are discussed. Suggestions for the improvement of the NHMRC Statement are made.