Involvement and (potential) influence of care providers in the enlistment phase of the informed consent process: The case of aids clinical trials

Nursing Ethics

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 42-52

  Mueller, Mary Rose ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

AIDS; Care providers; Clinical trials; Human participants; Informed consent; Nurses; Researchers

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL TRIAL; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; ETHICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; UNITED STATES;

BIOMEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; CAREGIVERS; CLINICAL TRIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 1842863971     PISSN: 09697330     EISSN: 14770989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0969733004ne665oa     Document Type: Article

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