Anthropology, Education, Sociology, and Social Phenomena

Parental Consent

Informed consent given by a parent on behalf of a minor or otherwise incompetent child.

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Structured Summary

Abstract

Informed consent given by a parent on behalf of a minor or otherwise incompetent child.

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Synonyms

1 entry terms
  • Consent, Parental

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Aspects Covered

5 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings ethics, history, legislation & jurisprudence, psychology, statistics & numerical data.

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History Note

2003; use THIRD-PARTY CONSENT 1999-2002

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Previous Indexing

  • Informed Consent (1974-1998)
  • Third-Party Consent (1999-2002)

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Tree Numbers

  1. I01w.880w.604.583w.427w.635.500w
  2. N03w.706.535w.489w.635.500w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Parental Consent. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D033282. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D033282
  2. Parental Consent. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parental_consent
  3. Parental Consent. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7136783