Beyond informed consent

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 82, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 771-777

  Bhutta, Zulfiqar A ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Bioethical issues; Biomedical research ethics; Codes of ethics; Developing countries; Ethics committees, Research; Guidelines; Human experimentation ethics; Informed consent; Review literature

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; ETHICS; GUIDELINE; HEALTH CARE; RESEARCH;

CULTURAL FACTOR; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; INFORMED CONSENT; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; VALIDATION PROCESS;

BIOMEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

CODES OF ETHICS; CONSENT FORMS; CULTURE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISCLOSURE; DOCUMENTATION; ETHICS COMMITTEES, RESEARCH; GUIDELINES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMAN EXPERIMENTATION; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; MENTAL COMPETENCY; PATIENT SELECTION;

EID: 7644233007     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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