Helping them decide: A scoping review of interventions used to help minors understand the concept and process of assent.

Weisleder, P. (2020). Helping them decide: A scoping review of interventions used to help minors understand the concept and process of assent. Frontiers in Pediatrics, 8.

This mini review article reviews the concepts of assent and dissent in relation to their application in medical research. It also reviews to evaluate children and young people’s capacities to assent and six empirically based methods that have been developed to help them better understand the process.

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