The ethical basis of parental informed consent for neonatal research
|
The ethical reasons put forward for the importance of gaining parental consent for neonatal research
|
Validity of parental consent
|
Discussion of the requirements to be met if parental consent given is to be viewed as genuine informed consent
|
Other options for gaining consent
|
Discussion of different possible methods for gaining consent
|
Risk and the double-standard between consent for treatment and consent for research
|
The ethically defensible level of risk to which a neonate undertaking research might be exposed and comparisons with the approach to risk and consent in treatment
|