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Textbook of Ethics in Pediatric Research, edited by Gideon Koren

MD. Krieger Publishing Company, Malabar, Florida 1993

edited by Gideon Koren, MD. Krieger Publishing Company, Malabar, Florida 1993

A systematic review of the major ethical issues involved in pediatric research. A valuable tool for health professionals who serve on Ethics Committees in the process of ethical evaluation of protocols dealing with pediatric research. Similary, this textbook is useful to clinicians and scientists studying the pediatric age group in designing their protocols.

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Contents: Preface Contributors		vi ix
	Section I Consent in Pediatric Research
1.	Informed Consent in Pediatric Research Gideon Koren	3
2.	Children's Capacity to Consent to Participation in Psychological Research: Empirical Findings Rona Abromovitch, Jonathan L. Freedman, Alison Derbyshire, Michelle Van Brunchot	11
	Section II Risk-Benefit Assessment
3.	Research in Children - Issues of Risk and Harm Robert H. A. Haslam	25
4.	Philosophical Considerations about Risk and Risk Assessment in Medical Research Eric M. Meslin	37
5.	A Practical Approach to Risk-Benefit Estimation in Pediatric Research Gideon Koren	57
6.	Some Costs and Benefits of Psychological Research in Pediatric Settings Susan Goldberg	63
	Section III Ethics of Research in Special Pediatric Populations
7.	Ethics of Research in Neonates Max Perlman	77
8.	ECMO, Innovative Therapy and the Ethos of Critical Care Medicine John D. Lantos	99
9.	Ethics of Research in Pediatric Critical Care Kristan M. Outwater	107
10.	Ethics of Research with the Disabled Child W. Douglas Biggar	117
11.	Research Involving Adolescents: Are They Ethically Competent to Consent/Refuse on Their Own? Abbyann Lynch	125
12.	The Ethical Assessment of Innovative Therapies: Liver Transplantation Using Living Donors John D. Lantos	137
13.	The Ethics of Research in the Pediatric Emergency Department David Jaffe, Doreen Matsui	147
14.	Ethical Issues in Gene Therapy Nancy Ondrusek	155
15.	Ethics of Drug Research in Pregnancy, Infancy and Childhood Gideon Koren	171
16.	Ethical and Legal Issues in Research Involving Drug-Dependent Pregnant Women Janet E. Mosher	183
	Section IV The Process of Research Ethics in Pediatrics
17.	The Process of Ethics Review in Pediatric Research: The Toronto Model Gideon Koren	197
18.	The Relationship Between Ethics and Science in Pediatric Research Patricia Parkin	221
19.	Medical Research in Infants and Children in the Eighties: Analysis of Rejected Protocols Gideon Koren and Anne Pastuszak	235
20.	Ethics and Law of Clinical Trials in Europe Peter N. Bennett	247
21.	The Role of the Nurse in Pediatric Research Joan E. Edwards, Anne L. Coghlan	257
22.	Ethics of Research in Children: A Parent's Perspective Mary Pat Armstrong	271
23.	Social Control of Pediatric Research Max Perlman, Gideon Koren	281
24.	Fraud in Medical Research Frederick H. Lowy, Eric M. Meslin	293
25.	Case Presentations and Discussions Gideon Koren, Barry Smith	309
index		331

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