A brief educational intervention may increase public acceptance of emergency research without consent

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 419-435

  Camargo Jr , Carlos A ^b,c   Goldstein, Joshua N ^a,b,c   Delaney, Kate E ^c   Pelletier, Andrea J ^c   Fisher, Jonathan ^b,d   Blanc, Phillip G ^c   Halsey, Mark ^c   Pallin, Daniel J ^a,b,e  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

data collection; informed consent; public opinion; randomized controlled trial

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; BOSTON; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DEMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERVENTION STUDIES; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PUBLIC OPINION; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 77957260426     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2007.12.033     Document Type: Article

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