The New Zealand Cot Death Study: some legal and ethical issues

E A Mitchell; I B Hassall; R Scragg; B J Taylor; R P Ford; E M Allen

The New Zealand Cot Death Study: some legal and ethical issues

J Paediatr Child Health. 1992:28 Suppl 1:S17-20.

Authors

E A Mitchell¹, I B Hassall, R Scragg, B J Taylor, R P Ford, E M Allen

Affiliation

¹ University of Auckland, New Zealand.

PMID: 1524876

Abstract

The New Zealand Cot Death Study is a 3 year multicentre case-control study aimed at identifying the risk factors for sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). The paper describes some of the legal and ethical issues which arose in the planning, implementation and analysis of the study.

Publication types

Clinical Trial
Comparative Study
Multicenter Study
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Case-Control Studies
Confidentiality*
Data Collection / methods
Ethics Committees
Ethics, Medical*
Humans
Infant
Infant, Newborn
New Zealand
Research Design*
Risk Factors
Sudden Infant Death / etiology*