Perceived challenges to obtaining informed consent for a time-sensitive emergency department study of pediatric status epilepticus: Results of two focus groups

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 763-770

  Chamberlain, James M ^a   Lillis, Kathleen ^b   Vance, Cheryl ^c   Brown, Kathleen M ^a   Fawumi, Olubunmi ^d   Nichols, Shari ^c   Davis, Colleen O ^e   Singh, Tasmeen ^f   Baren, Jill M ^g   Kuppermann, N ^h   Alexander, D ^h   Alpern, E ^h   Chamberlain, J ^h   Dean, J M ^h   Gerardi, M ^h   Goepp, J ^h   Gorelick, M ^h   Hoyle, J ^h   Jaffe, D ^h   Johns, C ^h   Levick, N ^h   Mahajan, P ^h   Maio, R ^h   Miller, S ^h   Monroe, D ^h   Ruddy, R ^h   Stanley, R ^h   Treloar, D ^h   Tunik, M ^h   Walker, A ^h   more..

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^f CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^h NONE

Author keywords

Clinical research; Consent documents; Informed consent; Research ethics

Indexed keywords

LORAZEPAM;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; EPILEPTIC STATE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL STAFF; PARENTAL CONSENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTICONVULSANTS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; LORAZEPAM; MALE; PEDIATRICS; STATUS EPILEPTICUS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 68149158848     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2009.00455.x     Document Type: Article

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