Koren G, Carmeli D B, Carmeli Y S, Haslam R
Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto.
J Med Ethics. 1993 Sep;19(3):142-7. doi: 10.1136/jme.19.3.142.
The age of maturity of children to consent for medical research is under debate, as different authorities regard the capacity of young teenagers as either satisfactory or not to grant consent without parental participation in the process. The present paper contrasts the generally accepted guideline for ethics in paediatric research in Canada with what the same children are allowed and expected to be able to do as babysitters. This comparison reveals deep incongruences in the way the maturity of the same children is appreciated for two different tasks.
儿童同意参与医学研究的成熟年龄存在争议，因为不同的权威机构认为青少年在没有父母参与的情况下给予同意的能力是令人满意或不满意的。本文将加拿大普遍接受的儿科研究伦理准则与这些孩子作为保姆被允许和期望能够做的事情进行了对比。这种比较揭示了在评估这些孩子在两项不同任务中的成熟度时存在的深刻不一致。
