Randomized trial of informed consent and recruitment for clinical trials in the immediate preoperative period

Anesthesiology

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 969-978

  Myles, Paul S ^a   Fletcher, Helen E ^b   Cairo, Sesto ^b   Madder, Hilary ^b   McRae, Roderick ^b   Cooper, James ^b   Devonshire, Debra ^b   Hunt, Jennifer O ^b   Richardson, Jo ^b   Machlin, Howard ^b   Morgan, E Brian ^b   Moloney, John ^b   Downey, Glen ^b  

^a ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Consumer principle; Equipoise; Ethics; Prerandomization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION;

BIOMEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; EMPIRICAL APPROACH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PATIENT SELECTION; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

EID: 0032831020     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000542-199910000-00016     Document Type: Article

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