Toward a construct definition of informed consent comprehension

Journal of Empirical Research on Human Research Ethics

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 17-23

  Buccini, Laura D ^a   Caputi, Peter ^a   Iverson, Don ^a   Jones, Caroline ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Comprehension; Informed consent

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CANADA; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPREHENSION; DELPHI STUDY; ETHICS; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; NOMENCLATURE; PATIENT SELECTION; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

AUSTRALIA; CANADA; COMPREHENSION; DELPHI TECHNIQUE; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; PATIENT SELECTION; REFERENCE STANDARDS; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67650308884     PISSN: 15562646     EISSN: 15562654     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/jer.2009.4.1.17     Document Type: Article

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