Research with Children and Young People: The Issue of Parental (Proxy) Consent
Research with Children and Young People: The Issue of Parental (Proxy) Consent
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DOI：
10.1111/j.1099-0860.2009.00216.x
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发表时间：
2010-05-01
影响因子：
1.7
通讯作者：
Coyne, Imelda
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作者：
Coyne, Imelda
本研究探讨了父母同意要求的潜在问题，并通过主要来自医疗保健和社会研究的例子进行了证实。这将说明父母同意的要求，而不是促进高道德标准，可能会导致儿童权利和道德考虑因素被忽视或受到粗略关注的某些情况。所有涉及 18 岁以下儿童的研究均须获得父母同意的“一揽子”要求需要受到挑战，因为它未能认识到儿童的能力，也未能给予儿童作为有权利的人应有的尊重。应制定灵活的道德准则，认识到当代社会儿童的能力，同时保护儿童免受不适当的研究和程序的影响。
This study examines the potential problems with the parental consent requirement, substantiated with examples mainly from healthcare and social research studies. This will illustrate how the parental consent requirement, instead of promoting high ethical standards, may result in some instances of children's rights and ethical considerations being ignored or receiving cursory attention. The 'blanket' requirement of parental consent for all research involving children under the age of 18 years needs to be challenged as it fails to recognise children's capacities and accord children due respect as persons in their own right. Flexible ethical guidelines should be developed that take cognisance of children's competence in contemporary society and at the same time protects children from inappropriate research and procedures.