Is emergency research without initial consent justified? The consent substitute model

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 170, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 668-674

  Largent, Emily A ^a   Wendler, David ^a   Emanuel, Ezekiel ^a   Miller, Franklin G ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES; WELLBEING;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PATIENT RIGHTS; PATIENT SELECTION; PROFESSIONAL AUTONOMY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77951658441     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinternmed.2010.80     Document Type: Review

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