Confronting the ethical challenges to informed consent in emergency medicine research

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1082-1089

  Schmidt, Terri A ^a   Salo, David ^b   Hughes, Jason A ^b   Abbott, Jean T ^b   Geiderman, Joel M ^b   Johnson, Catherine X ^b   McClure, Katie B ^b   McKay, Mary Pat ^b   Razzak, Junaid A ^b   Schears, Raquel M ^b   Solomon, Robert C ^b  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

emergency medicine; ethics; informed consent; research

Indexed keywords

DATA ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; ETHICS; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH INSURANCE; INFORMED CONSENT; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL RESEARCH; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTION; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW; TIME;

EID: 4544248021     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1197/j.aem.2004.05.028     Document Type: Article

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