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Media type:
E-Article
Title:
Informed Consent in Decision-Making in Pediatric Practice
Contributor:
Katz, Aviva L.;
Webb, Sally A.;
Macauley, Robert C.;
Mercurio, Mark R.;
Moon, Margaret R.;
Okun, Alexander L.;
Opel, Douglas J.;
Statter, Mindy B.
Published:
American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), 2016
Published in:
Pediatrics, 138 (2016) 2
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1542/peds.2016-1485
ISSN:
0031-4005;
1098-4275
Origination:
Footnote:
Description:
This Technical Report was reaffirmed January 2023. Informed consent should be seen as an essential part of health care practice; parental permission and childhood assent is an active process that engages patients, both adults and children, in their health care. Pediatric practice is unique in that developmental maturation allows, over time, for increasing inclusion of the child’s and adolescent’s opinion in medical decision-making in clinical practice and research. This technical report, which accompanies the policy statement “Informed Consent in Decision-Making in Pediatric Practice” was written to provide a broader background on the nature of informed consent, surrogate decision-making in pediatric practice, information on child and adolescent decision-making, and special issues in adolescent informed consent, assent, and refusal. It is anticipated that this information will help provide support for the recommendations included in the policy statement.