Approval by parents for a medical procedure or experiment to be carried out on their child. Having the status of being self aware and capable of rational thought and moral agency. Also, being accorded moral and and legal rights. Provides a baseline in an experiment, showing what happens when a subject takes no drug or treatment. Enigmatic phenomenon in which a dummy treatment works as well as the drug it is compared with.
Polio leads to paralysis, muscle and nerve degeneration, and often permanent disability.
An infant born early, having low birth weight and immature tissues. The survival of preemies is sometimes in peril. In the absence of dissent, the assumption that the person has given consent to do something, such as donate an organ. The plan for an experiment or clinical trial. The brainstem remains active.