Bruce Baskerville, N. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4517-7443
Wong, Katy
Shuh, Alanna
Abramowicz, Aneta
Dash, Darly
Esmail, Aamer
Kennedy, Ryan
Funding for this research was provided by:
Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care (Health Services Research Fund #06696)
Canadian Cancer Society Research Institute (701019, 704507)
Article History
Received: 19 August 2016
Accepted: 10 January 2018
First Online: 18 January 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: This study was approved by the University of Waterloo Office of Research Ethics Committee (ORE #20205). Focus Group participants provided written informed consent for their participation. Canadian ethics guidelines are outlined in the Tri-Council Policy Statement: Ethical Conduct for Research Involving Humans, which can be found here:. These guidelines do not specify an age of consent for children and do not rely on the concept of “age of majority.” Seeking consent from children is not based on their age, but on whether they have the capacity to understand the significance of the research and the implications of the risk and benefits to themselves.
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