BMJ's present policy (sometimes approving research in which patients have not given fully informed consent) is wholly correct

BMJ

Volumn 314, Issue 7087, 1997, Pages 1111-

  Tobias, Jeffrey s ^a  

^a MIDDLESEX HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; BMJ (BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL); DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PATERNALISM; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PUBLICATION; PUBLISHING; RESEARCH; SOCIAL JUSTICE; TRUST; ANXIETY; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT RIGHT; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY;

BIOMEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; BMJ (BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL);

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; DECISION MAKING; DISCLOSURE; EDITORIAL POLICIES; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; PATERNALISM; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PERIODICALS; PUBLISHING; RESEARCH; SOCIAL JUSTICE; TRUST;

EID: 0030611979     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.314.7087.1111     Document Type: Article

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