Ethical concerns regarding guidelines for the conduct of clinical research on children

In this article we examine ethical aspects of the involvement of children in clinical research, specifically those who are incapable of giving informed consent to participate. The topic is, of course, not a new one in medical ethics but there are some tensions in current guidelines that, in our view...

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Published in:Journal of medical ethics 2005-06, Vol.31 (6), p.351-354
Main Authors: Edwards, S D, McNamee, M J
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Bioethics
BMA
BPA
British Medical Association
British Paediatric Association
Child
Child support
Children
CIOMS
Clinical research
Clinical trials
Council for International Organizations of Medical Sciences
Ethical aspects
Ethics
Ethics, Research
guidelines
Guidelines as Topic
Helsinki Declaration
Human experimentation in medicine
Human medical experimentation
Human subjects
Humans
Informed Consent
International organizations
Medical ethics
Medical research
Metabolism
Moral imperatives
Pediatric research
Pediatrics
RCPCH
Research Ethics
Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health
Societies, Medical
Society
United Kingdom
Wellbeing
WMA
World Medical Association
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Summary:In this article we examine ethical aspects of the involvement of children in clinical research, specifically those who are incapable of giving informed consent to participate. The topic is, of course, not a new one in medical ethics but there are some tensions in current guidelines that, in our view, need to be made explicit and which need to be responded to by the relevant official bodies. In particular, we focus on tensions between the World Medical Association Declaration of Helsinki, and the guidance offered by the British Medical Association, the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (formerly the British Paediatric Association), and the Council for International Organizations of Medical Sciences. We conclude with a call for these organisations to make their guidance explicit in relation to the World Medical Association Declaration.
ISSN:0306-6800
1473-4257
DOI:10.1136/jme.2004.009555