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Explain Two Ethical Issues In Pediatric Clinical Trials

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Two ethical issues in pediatric clinical trials
The aim of every pediatric healthcare professional is to make advancement in medical care for children. The only way to test any new intervention is through clinical research. Due to the paucity of specific trial-based data in children, sometimes the clinicians are compelled to extrapolate the data from studies in adults. This is not appropriate because physiological response to treatment changes with age. However children fall into the category of vulnerable clinical research participants and certain ethical problems have been identified with clinical research involving children.
The ethics of consent for children: As per the Nuremberg code, obtaining informed consent from the study volunteer

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