RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Parental permission, information, and consent.
JF Archives of Disease in Childhood
JO Arch Dis Child
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health
SP 980
OP 981
DO 10.1136/adc.66.8.980
VO 66
IS 8
A1 J M Fell
A1 G W Rylance
YR 1991
UL http://adc.bmj.com/content/66/8/980.abstract
AB 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.