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Obtaining Informed Consent to Participate in Research from Mentally Retarded Adults
Celia B. Fisher
A researcher obtains informed consent from mentally retarded adults who maintain the legal right to consent to such decisions and permission from legal guardians when necessary (with assent from the participants). Fisher presents this as an example of best practice.

Considering Children's Dissent
Emily E. Anderson
Although 10-year old Ryan’s parents sign a consent form for participation in a clinical trial for a new drug for ADHD, Ryan refuses to assent.

Waiving Parental Permission
Emily E. Anderson
A researcher asks his institution’s IRB to grant a waiver of parental permission for a study on adolescent drug use and sexual activity.

Lack of Permission and Assent
Gerald P. Koocher and Patricia C. Keith-Spiegel
Researchers have the appropriate permissions and assent to observe playground behavior of specific children. Nonstudy children, unaware of the study, are observed only when interacting with study children and are not identified by name. The authors present this as a case of acceptable research practice.