The ethics of research on pregnant women: Is maternal consent sufficient?

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 111, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1307-1312

  Lupton, Martin G F ^a   Williams, David J ^a  

^a CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; KIDNEY BIOPSY; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MOTHER FETUS RELATIONSHIP; NOTE; PATIENT RIGHT; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

BIOMEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

ADULT; BIOPSY; DECISION MAKING; DRUG INDUSTRY; ETHICS COMMITTEES; FEMALE; HUMAN EXPERIMENTATION; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PUBLISHING; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 10844251114     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2004.00342.x     Document Type: Note

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