Abstract
This study explores the ways in which adolescents, even so-called “mature minors”, lack adequate development of the intellectual, affective, and emotional capacities necessary morally to consent to medical research on their own behalf. The psychological and neurophysiological data regarding brain maturation supports the conclusion that adolescents are qualitatively different types of agents than mature adults. They lack full adult maturity and personal agency. As a result, in addition to the usual requirements for IRB approval, one or both parents, or a legal guardian, should provide informed consent for minor children to participate in medical research.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Subject
Health Policy,General Medicine,Issues, ethics and legal aspects
Reference45 articles.
1. 35. See 45CFR46 subpart D, section 408.a.
2. Informed Consent, Parental Permission, and Assent in Pediatric Practice,”;Pediatrics,1995
3. Adolescent immaturity in attention-related brain engagement to emotional facial expressions
4. Does Recent Research on Adolescent Brain Development Inform the Mature Minor Doctrine?
5. 6. Office of the Secretary, Ethical Principles and Guidelines for the Protection of Human Subjects of Research. The National Commission for the Protection of Human Subjects of Biomedical and Behavioral Research (1979). The Belmont Report, available at (last visited July 20, 2017).
Cited by
8 articles.
订阅此论文施引文献
订阅此论文施引文献，注册后可以免费订阅5篇论文的施引文献，订阅后可以查看论文全部施引文献