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Guidelines for the ethical conduct of medical research involving children
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EDITOR,
The new guidelines1 and
the commentary by Professor Sir David Hull have highlighted the
difficulties and problems of blood analysis in the paediatric
population. However, I would like to point out that blood analysis is a
very common practice in everyday paediatrics compared to its rarer use
in research. Unfortunately, most of the blood analysis in everyday
practice is carried out by junior house officers, under excuses such as "routine investigations", often without consultation with more senior members of staff and full explanation either to the older child
or to the parents as to the necessity of such investigations. I just
wonder whether it is more appropriate for the college to issue
guidelines on the appropriateness of investigations in the childhood population.
MUKHLIS M MADLOM
Consultant Paediatrician, Honorary Clinical Lecturer in Paediatrics, The Doncaster Royal & Montagu Hospital, Armthorpe Road, Doncaster DN2 5LT, UK
References
| 1. |
McIntosh N,
Bates P,
Brykczynska G,
et al. Guidelines for the ethical conduct of medical research involving children. Royal College of Paediatrics, Child Health: Ethics Advisory Committee.
Arch Dis Child
2000;82:177-182 |
EDITOR,All concerned with the
care of children will welcome the scholarly and authoritative
guidelines recently published by the Royal College.1
However, one
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