Informed consent and respecting autonomy: What's a signature got to do with it?

IRB Ethics and Human Research

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 1-4

  Wendler, David ^a   Rackoff, Jonathan E ^b  

^a Department of Clinical Bioethics ^*

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMISH; ARTICLE; BIOMEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMED CONSENT; LEGAL APPROACH; LEGAL ASPECT; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

AMISH; BIOMEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; LEGAL APPROACH;

CONSENT FORMS; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HUMAN EXPERIMENTATION; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; SOCIAL VALUES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035352312     PISSN: 01937758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3564508     Document Type: Article

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