Stroke genetic research and adults with impaired decision-making capacity: A survey of IRB and investigator practices

Stroke

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 2732-2735

  Chen, Donna T ^a,b   Meschia, James F ^d   Brott, Thomas G ^d   Brown, Robert D ^e   Worrall, Bradford B ^b,c,f  

^a Center for Biomedical Ethics and Humanities   (United States)

^b Department of Public Health Sciences ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^d MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^e MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Genetic research; Informed consent; Proxy; Research ethics; Third party consent

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC RISK; GENETICS; INFORMED CONSENT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NORTH AMERICA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VALIDITY; ADULT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DECISION MAKING; ETHICS; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STROKE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; COGNITION DISORDERS; DATA COLLECTION; DECISION MAKING; ETHICS COMMITTEES, RESEARCH; GENETIC RESEARCH; GENETICS; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; PATIENT SELECTION; STROKE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 54049116673     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.108.515130     Document Type: Article

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