Parental waivers to enable adolescent participation in certain forms of health research: lessons from a South African case study
Abstract Background The South African legal framework requires mandatory parental/legal guardian consent for all research with children. Ethics guidelines provide some reprieve by allowing RECs to grant waivers of parental or guardianship consent in certain defined circumstances. In the first instan...
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| Language: | English |
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BMC
2022-09-01
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| Series: | BMC Medical Ethics |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12910-022-00833-5 |