Ethical considerations on consent procedures for emergency research in severe and moderate traumatic brain injury

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 147, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 633-639

  Kompanje, E J O ^a   Maas, A I R ^a   Hilhorst, M T ^a   Slieker, F J A ^a   Teasdale, G M ^b  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

European Union; Proxy consent; Randomised controlled trails; Traumatic brain injury; Waiver of consent

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DECISION MAKING; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MEDICAL ETHICS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; EMERGENCY; EUROPE; GOOD CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH SURVEY; LAW; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; PHYSICIAN; POSTAL MAIL; RELATIVE; REVIEW; TIME;

NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENT;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BRAIN INJURIES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EUROPEAN UNION; HUMANS; THERAPEUTIC HUMAN EXPERIMENTATION; THIRD-PARTY CONSENT; TIME FACTORS; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES;

EID: 21244476405     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00701-005-0525-3     Document Type: Article

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