Clinical research without consent in adults in the emergency setting: A review of patient and public views

BMC Medical Ethics

Volumn 9, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Lecouturier, Jan ^a   Rodgers, Helen ^b   Ford, Gary A ^b   Rapley, Tim ^a   Stobbart, Lynne ^a   Louw, Stephen J ^c   Murtagh, Madeleine J ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c FREEMAN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DATA BASE; DECISION MAKING; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; INFORMED CONSENT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; POLICY; PUBLIC OPINION; ADULT; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ETHICS; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; PATIENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESEARCH SUBJECT; REVIEW; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; EMERGENCIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; PATIENTS; PUBLIC OPINION; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RESEARCH SUBJECTS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 44049104199     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6939-9-9     Document Type: Article

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