Informed consent in Sri Lanka: A survey among ethics committee members

BMC Medical Ethics

Volumn 9, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Sumathipala, Athula ^a,b   Siribaddana, Sisira ^b   Hewage, Suwin ^b   Lekamwattage, Manura ^b   Athukorale, Manjula ^b   Siriwardhana, Chesmal ^b   Murray, Joanna ^a   Prince, Martin ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Institute of Research and Development   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHECKLIST; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OPEN ENDED QUESTIONNAIRE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PUBLICATION; RATING SCALE; SRI LANKA; UNITED KINGDOM; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; ETHICS; HUMAN; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; ETHICS COMMITTEES; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; SRI LANKA; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 44949218339     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6939-9-10     Document Type: Article

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