Ethical Challenges in Pediatric Research

Ethical Challenges in Pediatric Research

The lecture will address the ethical challenges in conducting research with children with the focus on research in low and middle income settings. This talk will draw from experience conducting paediatric clinical trials and will include issues around minimal risks, parental consent, child assent and the notion of vulnerabilities in research.

Faculty:

Phaik Yeong Cheah, B.Pharm, MS.c., Ph.D., Associate Professor, Oxford University, Head of the Department of Bioethics and Engagement, Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health

Reading(s):

Research consent from young people in resource-poor settings.” Archives of Disease in Childhood. 2015. 100:438-440.

Powerpoint(s):

Ethical Challenges in Pediatric Research

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