The ethics of withdrawal from study participation

Accountability in Research

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 285-309

  Gordon, Elisa J ^a   Prohaska, Thomas R ^b  

^a ALBANY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical research; Consent form; Content analysis; Federal common rule; Policy; Undue influence; Voluntariness; Withdrawal

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; ETHICS; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; LEGAL ASPECT; PATIENT; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

CLINICAL TRIALS; CONSENT FORMS; ETHICS COMMITTEES, RESEARCH; HUMANS; PATIENT DROPOUTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34748914218     PISSN: 08989621     EISSN: 15455815     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08989620600848645     Document Type: Article

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