Informed consent, parental permission, and assent in pediatric practice

As the author of the first draft of the recently published Academy statement, Informed Consent, Parental Permission, and Assent in Pediatric Practice,1 I would like to comment on several of the "qualifying" or "clarifying" additions that have been made in this statement during it...

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Published in:Pediatrics (Evanston) 1995-11, Vol.96 (5 Pt 1), p.981-982
Main Author: Bartholome, W G
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Bioethics
Child
Dissent and Disputes
Group Processes
Guidelines as Topic
Humans
Informed Consent
Letters to the editor
Minors
Parental Consent
Parents
Parents & parenting
Patient Advocacy
Patient Participation
Pediatrics
Pediatrics - standards
Treatment Refusal
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Summary:As the author of the first draft of the recently published Academy statement, Informed Consent, Parental Permission, and Assent in Pediatric Practice,1 I would like to comment on several of the "qualifying" or "clarifying" additions that have been made in this statement during its decade long struggle to gain Academy approval. I am particularly concerned about the possible misinterpretation of three of these additions. The first addition is the statement, "Parents and physicians should not exclude children and adolescents from decision-making without persuasive reasons"
ISSN:0031-4005
1098-4275
DOI:10.1542/peds.96.5.981