Inclusion of patients with severe mental illness in clinical trials: Issues and recommendations surrounding informed consent

CNS Drugs

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 67-83

  Welie, Sander P K ^a   Berghmans, Ron L P ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BELGIUM; DECISION MAKING; ETHNOLOGY; FRANCE; GERMANY; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; INFORMED CONSENT; LAW; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL DISEASE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFUGEE; REVIEW; STANDARDIZATION; UNITED KINGDOM;

CLINICAL TRIALS; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; MENTAL COMPETENCY; MENTAL DISORDERS;

EID: 30344433258     PISSN: 11727047     EISSN: 11727047     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00023210-200620010-00006     Document Type: Review

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