Word: consenting
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...fortnight ago, the Tennessee Court of Appeals sanctioned snake handling at the church so long as it did not "endanger the lives or health of persons who do not consent to exposure of such danger." That danger is still there. The week the Tennessee decision was handed down, a 28-year-old worshiper died in West Virginia from a rattlesnake bite incurred at a Pentecostal rite...
Beckwith said Walzer is using "subtle correction" to make parents participate in the study and may be violating HEW guidelines on informed consent in human experimentation. He said the hospital tells parents the the procedure is routine and asks them to sign a consent form. If the child is XYY, the parents receive a letter from Dr. Walzer offering help and Beckwith said "it is difficult for them to refuse...
Steiner also said yesterday that he had informed department chairmen that the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, which will give students access to their files, will also require students to sign "consent forms" allowing persons other than the recommender to see documents of recommendation...
...says that only the student, school officials, or certain federal officials including the Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare may have access to the files without written consent. The law does not provide for parents' access to the material...
Steiner said he had brought up the parental consent problem with the administrators earlier, but that it was not a high priority because grades are not about to go out yet. He said the immediate problem is "trying to do our best to implement the law by November...