Evaluation of informed consent in health research: A questionnaire survey

Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 56-64

  Länsimies Antikainen, Helena ^a,b   Laitinen, Tomi ^b   Rauramaa, Rainer ^a   Pietilä, Anna Maija ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Ethics; Healthy voluntary participants; Informed consent

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ETHICS; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD; EVALUATION STUDY; STANDARDS;

AGED; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 76549102809     PISSN: 02839318     EISSN: 14716712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-6712.2008.00684.x     Document Type: Article

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