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New findings from Children's Hospital of Philadelphia describe advances in life sciences in adolescents
December 10th, 2007
Research findings, 'Risk perception and decision processes underlying informed consent to research participation,' are discussed in a new report. According to a study from the United States, "According to the rational choice model, informed consent should consist of a systematic, step-by-step evaluation of all information pertinent to the treatment or research participation decision. Research shows that people frequently deviate from this normative model, however, employing decision-making shortcuts, or heuristics." "In this paper we report findings from a qualitative study of 32 adolescents and (their) 31 parents who were recruited from two Northeastern US hospitals...
Source: Obesity & Diabetes Week (2007-12-10)
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