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Informed Consent with Children and Adolescents
Author(s) -
Pieranunzi Vincent R.,
Freitas Lorraine G.
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
journal of child and adolescent psychiatric nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.331
H-Index - 35
eISSN - 1744-6171
pISSN - 1073-6077
DOI - 10.1111/j.1744-6171.1992.tb00118.x
Subject(s) - restrictiveness , informed consent , parental consent , psychology , relation (database) , power (physics) , psychiatry , medicine , family medicine , alternative medicine , philosophy , linguistics , pathology , database , computer science , physics , quantum mechanics
Nurses are becoming increasingly responsible for obtaining consent from children and adolescents for psychiatric treatment. The current practice of obtaining consent for participation in research is discussed. Consent from minors has implications for clinical treatment. This article examines power and powerlessness, and restrictiveness of the treatment setting in relation to nurses obtaining consent from children and adolescents.