Informed consent and randomised controlled trials

Journal of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 100-102

  Donnellan, P ^a   Smyth, J ^a  

^a WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clinical trials; Consent; Ethics; Randomisation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; PATIENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHYSICIAN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; VOLUNTEER;

ETHICS, MEDICAL; HUMAN EXPERIMENTATION; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; PATIENT SELECTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0035052978     PISSN: 00358835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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