PEDIATRICS Vol. 39 No. 5 May 1967, pp. 797-798
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Informed Consent

NATHAN HERSHEY 1

1 Assistant Director, Health Law Center, University of Pittsburgh, Graduate School of Public Health, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Although I could write at great length to express all my criticisms of Dr. Silverman's proposal to permit a "physician-friend" of a minor child to be substituted for the child's parent as the person who could authorize the child's participation in the research study which offers the child no immediate benefit, I will endeavor to be brief.

First, are there any scientifically-derived data to show that attempts to obtain consent from parents of minor children for participation in studies have been rebuffed on such a scale that the requirement for consent has interfered with the proper conduct of one study?