Healthy participants in phase I clinical trials: The quality of their decision to take part

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 971-979

  Rabin, Cheryl ^a   Tabak, Nili ^b  

^a TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Decision making; Healthy volunteers; Informed consent; Nurses; Nursing; Phase I clinical trials

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONFLICT; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; ISRAEL; MENTAL CAPACITY; MENTAL FUNCTION; MOTIVATION; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SELECTION; PERSONNEL; PHASE 1 CLINICAL TRIAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESEARCH SUBJECT; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL TRIALS, PHASE I; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); DECISION MAKING; DISCLOSURE; GOALS; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMAN EXPERIMENTATION; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; ISRAEL; LINEAR MODELS; MENTAL COMPETENCY; MENTAL PROCESSES; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOTIVATION; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SELECTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH PERSONNEL; RESEARCH SUBJECTS;

EID: 33745917378     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2006.01388.x     Document Type: Article

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