Center in Seattle, Washington, opened its doors in November 2004. The Center's purpose is
to explore the ethical issues affecting families and health care professionals caring for …

In recent decades, advances in biomedical research have helped save or lengthen the lives
of children around the world. With improved therapies, child and adolescent mortality rates …

Over the past century, the health of children in the United States has dramatically benefited
from advances in biomedical research, including vaccines that have nearly eradicated polio …

The critical need for pediatric research on drugs and biological products underscores the
responsibility to ensure that children are enrolled in clinical research that is both …

Children are a unique population with developmental and anatomical differences from
adults, so they require age-specific medical treatments. In order to develop these …

We are obligated to protect individual child subjects of research, yet it is also necessary to
investigate the safety and efficacy of medical treatments that benefit children as a class. The …

The critical need for pediatric research on drugs and biological products underscores the
responsibility to ensure that children are enrolled in clinical research that is both …

In the developed world, biomedical and public health research during the 20th century
resulted in dramatic changes in maternal and infant mortality rates, the near eradication of …

In this edited volume, a diverse group of scholars present and discuss challenging cases in
the field of pediatric research ethics. After years of debate and controversy, fundamental …

Evidence-based medicine requires a foundation of excellent research. Yet, research in
infants and children inherently poses potential risks to these vulnerable populations. The …