Inconvenient Samples: Modeling Biases Related to Parental Consent by Coupling Observational and Experimental Results

Inconvenient samples: Modeling the effects of non-consent by coupling observational and experimental results

Biased sampling of participants presents a major limiting factor for the generalizability of findings from behavioral studies. This effect may be especially pronounced in developmental studies, where parents serve as both the primary environmental input and decide whether their child participates in a study. To estimate the effects of parental non-consent, we coupled naturalistic observations o...

hydrochlorothiazide detection in urine samples by hplc-dad and experimental design dispersive l-l microextraction

hydrochlorothiazide (hct) is a diuretic agent which is shown to be effective in the treatment of hypertension. literature reports have demonstrated that urinary excretion data may be used to assess the bioavailability of various formulations containing this thiazide. also hct consumption by the athletes is one of the drugs which should be regulated by world anti-doping agency (wada), because of...

Parental consent to publicity.

The problems presented by the use of named child patients and their medical histories in television, radio and newspapers is discussed. It is suggested that it is not acceptable to regard this as comparable to their participation in non-therapeutic research, and that no one, not even the parent has the authority to give consent to such use.

Parental permission, information, and consent.

One hundred and fifty parents of emergency paediatric admissions were interviewed; 60 of 106 (57%) blood samples were taken and 107 of 120 (89%) treatment regimens were instituted without their permission. Furthermore, the reasons for over half the blood tests and 31% of the drug treatments were not explained.

Parental consent for pediatric research.