Ulysses contracts for the doctor and for the patient

Contemporary Clinical Trials

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 202-206

  Hansson, Mats G ^a   Hakama, Matti ^b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Autonomy; Ethics; Informed consent; Withdrawal of consent

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTRACT; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PATIENT AUTONOMY; PHYSICIAN; RANDOMIZATION; RESEARCH ETHICS; RESEARCH SUBJECT; RISK; ULYSSES CONTRACT;

CONTRACTS; ETHICS COMMITTEES, RESEARCH; ETHICS, RESEARCH; EUROPE; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; PATIENT DROPOUTS; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH PERSONNEL; RESEARCH SUBJECTS; SELECTION BIAS; TRUST;

EID: 77950861322     PISSN: 15517144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cct.2010.03.004     Document Type: Article

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