Waiver of individual patient consent in research: When do potential benefits to the community outweigh private rights?

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 186, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 88-90

  Zeps, Nikolajs ^a   Iacopetta, Barry J ^b   Schofield, Lyn ^c   George, Jillian M ^c   Goldblatt, Jack ^b,c  

^a SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c KING EDWARD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; MISMATCH REPAIR PROTEIN PMS2;

ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONFIDENTIALITY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIVACY; RESEARCH ETHICS; RESEARCH SUBJECT; SYSTEMATIC ERROR;

EID: 33846647509     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2007.tb00808.x     Document Type: Article

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