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A Commentary on the Charitable Participation Standard

William W. Reynolds, PhD; Robert M. Nelson, MD, PhD

Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2008;162(1):88-90.

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In "Children’s and Their Parents’ Views on Facing Research Risks for the Benefit of Others," Wendler and Jenkins¹ address the important ethical question of the appropriate risk exposure for children who participate in nonbeneficial research. Wendler, in collaboration with a number of coauthors, has been writing about risk and pediatric research participation for some time, focusing on problems with the interpretation of minimal risk and minor increase over minimal risk. US federal regulations permit children to participate in nonbeneficial studies when the risks are minimal, that is, when "the probability and magnitude of harm or discomfort anticipated in the research are not greater in and of themselves than those ordinarily encountered in daily life or during the performance of routine physical or psychological examinations or tests."^2-3 Under additional circumstances, children with a disorder or condition may also participate in nonbeneficial research . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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