Informed consent in medical research: Journals should not publish research to which patients have not given fully informed consent–with three exceptions

BMJ

Volumn 314, Issue 7087, 1997, Pages 1107-

  Doyal, Len ^a  

^a ST BARTHOLOMEW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPETENCE; INFORMED CONSENT; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; MORALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; RANDOMIZATION; SHORT SURVEY;

AUTONOMY; BIOMEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; BMJ (BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL); CLINICAL APPROACH/SOURCE; COMMON GOOD; COMPETENCE; DECLARATION OF HELSINKI; EDITORIAL POLICIES; NONTHERAPEUTIC RESEARCH; PARENTAL CONSENT; RESEARCH SUBJECTS; RIGHTS; RISKS AND BENEFITS; STANDARDS; THERAPEUTIC RESEARCH;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; DECISION MAKING; DISCLOSURE; EDITORIAL POLICIES; ETHICS COMMITTEES, RESEARCH; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; MENTAL COMPETENCY; MORALS; NONTHERAPEUTIC HUMAN EXPERIMENTATION; PARENTAL CONSENT; PATERNALISM; PERIODICALS; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PUBLISHING; RESEARCH; RESEARCH SUBJECTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL JUSTICE; THERAPEUTIC HUMAN EXPERIMENTATION;

EID: 0030897243     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.314.7087.1107     Document Type: Article

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