The 'Consent to Research' paradigm in critical care: Challenges and potential solutions

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1655-1658

  Burns, Karen E A ^a,b   Zubrinich, Celia ^a   Marshall, John ^a,b   Cook, Deborah ^c  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; EDITORIAL; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; PATIENT DECISION MAKING;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CRITICAL CARE; HUMANS; THIRD-PARTY CONSENT;

EID: 72449129037     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: 14321238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-009-1562-9     Document Type: Editorial

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