eprintid: 1535502
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creators_name: Alderson, P
title: Children's Consent and 'Assent' to Healthcare Research
ispublished: pub
divisions: A01
divisions: B16
divisions: B14
divisions: J81
keywords: children's consent, children's assent, medical research, English law, ethics
note: This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions.
abstract: The idea of children's 'assent' to medical research became part of English law in 2004. However, this overrides English legal traditions of children's consent. Although this chapter concentrates on English law and guidance, it has international relevance. English law integrates with European law and also has influence over more than a billion people in the fifty-four British Commonwealth countries. Ethics guidance in England on consent to research influences international projects, based in Britain and conducted in Europe and in every other continent. Discussions about children's consent and assent illuminate meeting points between law and childhood studies across the world. This chapter examines contrasting meanings of consent and 'assent', and reviews the related law and ethics. It discusses whether children's consent or their assent offers them best support and protection while they are considering whether to take part in research, and while they are research subjects. It gives examples of some present problems, which indicate the need for broader understanding of children's consent.
date: 2012-03-08
date_type: published
publisher: Oxford University Press
official_url: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199652501.003.0012
full_text_type: other
verified: verified_manual
elements_id: 1106496
doi: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199652501.003.0012
isbn_13: 9780199652501
lyricists_name: Alderson, Priscilla
lyricists_id: DPALD60
actors_name: Alderson, Priscilla
actors_id: DPALD60
actors_role: owner
full_text_status: restricted
volume: 14
place_of_pub: Oxford, UK
book_title: Law and Childhood Studies: Current Legal Issues
editors_name: Freeman, Michael
citation:        Alderson, P;      (2012)    Children's Consent and 'Assent' to Healthcare Research.                    In: Freeman, Michael, (ed.) Law and Childhood Studies: Current Legal Issues.    Oxford University Press: Oxford, UK.      
 
document_url: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1535502/3/Alderson_%20P.%202012%20Assent%20in%20Law%20and%20childhood%20studies%20174-189.pdf