Editorial Medical Research Involving Children

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© Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, 2008 DOI: 10.1163/157180908X322923 European Journal of Health Law 15 (2008) 103-108 www.brill.nl/ejhl Editorial Medical Research Involving Children Introduction Medical products and procedures need to be tested before they are accepted as standard care. Th is also applies to diagnostic and therapeutic measures developed for children. At present, the majority of the relevant data on the safety, quality and efficacy of interventions and medicinal products prescribed for children is derived from studies in adults. 1 Children, however, represent a specific popula- tion with developmental, physiological and psychological differences from adults, which make age- and development-related research