Nor have 90 per cent of the drugs used to treat newborn babies.
A House of Lords subcommittee is pushing for proper drug trials. Butthere are ethical issues. Individuals can give informed consent to atrial.
With children, guidelines say consent must come from someone withparental responsibility. Those adults may withdraw the child at anytime.
But are children allowed to refuse to take part? Can they ask to bewithdrawn?
No. The health minister Jane Kennedy is afraid children might refuse todo something "on a whim". She stuck by the Government's position thatchildren should not have a veto on their own participation. Their viewsshould be "considered" by the grown-ups. That's all.
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