Assent Medical Ethics

Developing a new justification for assent - BMC Medical …

https://bmcmedethics.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12910-015-0085-x

This paper demonstrates that the common justifications for the process of assent are incomplete. Assent should be understood as playing a pedagogical role for the child, helping to teach him how specific decisions are made and therefore helping him to …

Informed Consent, Parental Permission, and Assent in …

http://www.cirp.org/library/ethics/AAP/

Assent should include at least the following elements: Helping the patient achieve a developmentally appropriate awareness of the nature of his or her condition. Telling …

Assent is not consent | Journal of Medical Ethics

https://jme.bmj.com/content/38/1/3

Rather than being harmful, assent should be seen as an ethically-appropriate way in which we can engage with the child about his participation in research. While …

Consent and Assent of Clinical Trial Participation

https://www.dipg.org/dipg-research/clinical-trials-for-dipg/consent-and-assent/

Consent and Assent of Clinical Trial Participation. One basic principal of medical ethics is that no person should be included in any sort of experiment without his or her …

Child’s assent in research: Age threshold or ... - BMC …

https://bmcmedethics.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1472-6939-15-44

Assent is an important ethical and legal requirement of paediatric research. Unfortunately, there are significant differences between the guidelines on the details of …

Informed consent instead of assent is appropriate ... - BMC Medical Ethics

https://bmcmedethics.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12910-015-0067-z

In the United States, generally speaking, it often falls to parents or legal guardians to provide informed permission for medical decisions and children under 18 are to give assent . Ideally, age-limits accomplish the goal of striking a proper balance in order to both protect children's interests when they are not fully able to do so themselves and to …

Assent vs. Consent in Health Care & Medical Research

https://study.com/academy/lesson/assent-vs-consent-in-health-care-medical-research.html

Involving Minors in Medical Decision Making: …

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30321891/

Understanding the ethical bases for decision making in pediatric patients and considerations for the involvement of minors who both assent to and refuse proposed treatment will …

Children's Assent - NCI - National Cancer …

https://www.cancer.gov/about-cancer/treatment/clinical-trials/patient-safety/childrens-assent

Assent means that they agree to take part. They may also dissent, which means they do not agree. Unlike informed consent, assent is not always required by …

Can a Minor Refuse Assent for Emergency Care? | Journal of Ethics ...

https://journalofethics.ama-assn.org/article/can-minor-refuse-assent-emergency-care/2012-10

Since the American Academy of Pediatrics Committee on Bioethics’ publication in 1995 of its policy statement “Informed Consent, Parental Permission, and Assent in Pediatric Practice” [1], there has been increasing recognition that minor children have the right to exercise a limited autonomy by being involved in and agreeing to decisions about the medical care …