Informed Consent in Decision-Making in Pediatric Practice

Informed consent should be seen as an essential part of health care practice; parental permission and childhood assent is an active process that engages patients, both adults and children, in health care. Pediatric practice is unique in that developmental maturation allows, over time, for increasing...

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Published in:Pediatrics (Evanston) 2016-08, Vol.138 (2)
Main Authors: Katz, Aviva L., Webb, Sally A., Macauley, Robert C., Mercurio, Mark R., Moon, Margaret R., Okun, Alexander L., Opel, Douglas J., Statter, Mindy B.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Child
Clinical Decision-Making
Decision Making
Humans
Informed Consent
Parent-Child Relations
Parental Consent
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Summary:Informed consent should be seen as an essential part of health care practice; parental permission and childhood assent is an active process that engages patients, both adults and children, in health care. Pediatric practice is unique in that developmental maturation allows, over time, for increasing inclusion of the child's and adolescent's opinion in medical decision-making in clinical practice and research.
ISSN:0031-4005
1098-4275
DOI:10.1542/peds.2016-1485