A choice of one's own research advance directives: Anticipatory planning for research subjects with fluctuating or prospective decisionmaking impairments

Accountability in Research

Volumn 7, Issue 2-4, 1999, Pages 117-128

  Backlar, Patricia ^a,b,c  

^a PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Center for Ethics in Health   (United States)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Advance directives; Informed consent; Mental illness; Research

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMED CONSENT; LIVING WILL; MENTAL CAPACITY; MENTAL HEALTH THERAPIES; MENTAL PATIENT; RESEARCH SUBJECT; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

BIOMEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; MENTAL HEALTH THERAPIES;

ADVANCE DIRECTIVES; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN EXPERIMENTATION; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; MENTAL COMPETENCY; MENTALLY ILL PERSONS; RESEARCH SUBJECTS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; THIRD-PARTY CONSENT;

EID: 0033288532     PISSN: 08989621     EISSN: 15455815     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08989629908573946     Document Type: Article

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