Consent form readability in university-sponsored research

Journal of Family Practice

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 606-611

  Goldstein, Adam O ^a   Frasier, Pamela ^a   Curtis, Peter ^a,b   Reid, Alfred ^a   Kreher, Nancy E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

human subjects; Informed consent; institutional review board; patients; professional staff committees; readability; research

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; INFORMED CONSENT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

BIOMEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL APPROACH/SOURCE; COMPREHENSION; CONSENT FORMS; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; EVALUATION; MICHIGAN; MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY IN ESCANABA; NORTH CAROLINA; RESEARCH SUBJECTS; RISKS AND BENEFITS; STANDARDS; SURVEY; UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL;

COMPREHENSION; CONSENT FORMS; DISCLOSURE; ETHICAL REVIEW; ETHICS COMMITTEES, RESEARCH; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; RECORDS; RESEARCH; RESEARCH SUBJECTS; RESEARCH SUPPORT; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 0029890456     PISSN: 00943509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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