How Ethical is Paediatric Research? – MM1704
The ethical challenges in paediatric research rest in part on the understanding that physiologically, developmentally, emotionally, and in myriad other ways
children are not merely miniature adults. In an attempt to protect them from potential risks of human research, treatments are often developed for children
by extrapolating results from adult studies, which may actually impose harm. Inclusion of children as research participants requires ethical considerations
over and above those usually applied in the clinic or in the arena of research on adults.
Modern Medicine – April 2017
