Development of a consensus operational definition of child assent for research

Abstract Background There is currently no consensus from the relevant stakeholders regarding the operational and construct definitions of child assent for research. As such, the requirements for assent are often construed in different ways, institutionally disparate, and often conflated with those o...

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Main Authors: Alan R. Tait, Michael E. Geisser
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-06-01
Series:BMC Medical Ethics
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12910-017-0199-4