Ethics of 'informed consent' in dementia research - The debate continues

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 801-806

  Agarwal, Manoj R ^a,c   Ferran, Jose ^b   Ost, Katherine ^b   Wilson, Kenneth C M ^b  

^a LEEDS AND YORK PARTNERSHIP NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c High Royds Hospital   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Capacity; Dementia research; Ethics; Informed consent

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPETENCE; DECISION MAKING; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; LAW; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE;

BIOMEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL APPROACH/SOURCE; COMPETENCE; COMPREHENSION; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; FAMILY MEMBERS; GREAT BRITAIN; MENTAL HEALTH THERAPIES; RISKS AND BENEFITS; SURVEY; THERAPEUTIC RESEARCH;

COGNITION; COMPREHENSION; DATA COLLECTION; DEMENTIA; EVALUATION STUDIES; FAMILY; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; MENTAL COMPETENCY; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; THERAPEUTIC HUMAN EXPERIMENTATION; THIRD-PARTY CONSENT;

EID: 0029743893     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1166(199609)11:9<801::AID-GPS379>3.0.CO;2-H     Document Type: Article

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