Document Type
Article
Publication Date
Fall 1977
ISSN
0014-729X
Publisher
American Bar Association
Language
en-US
Abstract
Before an investigator can use any person as a subject in biomedical or behavioral research, he must obtain that person's informed consent. This consent must be voluntary, competent, and understanding.1 There are two questions that arise in regard to experimentation on children. First, is a child legally capable of giving an informed and understanding consent? Second, do parents have the legal capacity to consent to the performance of research on their children? This article will attempt to answer both of these questions.
Recommended Citation
Leonard H. Glantz, George J. Annas & Barbara Katz,
Scientific Research with Children: Legal Incapacity and Proxy Consent
,
in
11
Family Law Quarterly
253
(1977).
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