Informed consent in the NICU setting: An ethically optimal model for research solicitation

Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 783-791

  Golec, Lisa ^a   Gibbins, Sharyn ^a   Dunn, Michael S ^a   Hebert, Philip ^a  

^a SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; INFANT; INFORMED CONSENT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MORALITY; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PARENT; PATIENT SELECTION; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

BIOMEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

ALGORITHMS; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN EXPERIMENTATION; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PARENTAL CONSENT; PATIENT SELECTION;

EID: 10244247691     PISSN: 07438346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jp.7211198     Document Type: Article

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