Responses to written notification during out-of-hospital care trials using waiver of informed consent

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1099-1103

  Spence, Julia M ^a,b   Notarangelo, Vincenza ^c   Frank, Jamie ^c   Long, Jennifer ^c   Morrison, Laurie J ^b,c,d,e  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^d Institute for Clinical and Evaluative Sciences   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Emergency exception; Emergency medical services; Ethics; Informed consent; Prehospital care; Resuscitation research

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE;

BRADYCARDIA; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEFIBRILLATION; FOLLOW UP; HEART ARREST; HEART PACING; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; LONG TERM CARE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT INFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELEPHONE;

AGED; DISCLOSURE; DOCUMENTATION; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; ETHICS COMMITTEES, RESEARCH; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; GUIDELINES; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; ONTARIO; PATIENT SELECTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 27144537105     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1197/j.aem.2005.06.009     Document Type: Conference Paper

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