Research with decisionally incapacitated older adults: Practices of canadian research ethics boards

IRB Ethics and Human Research

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1-8

  Bravo, Gina ^a   Dubois, Marie France ^a   Wildeman, Sheila M ^a   Graham, Janice E ^a   Cohen, Carole A ^a   Painter, Karen ^a   Bellemare, Suzanne ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANADA; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEMENTIA; ETHICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; LIVING WILL; MALE; MENTAL CAPACITY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; RESEARCH ETHICS;

ADULT; ADVANCE DIRECTIVES; AGED; CANADA; DEMENTIA; ETHICS COMMITTEES, RESEARCH; ETHICS, RESEARCH; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL COMPETENCY; MIDDLE AGED; RESEARCH DESIGN; THIRD-PARTY CONSENT;

EID: 78650121282     PISSN: 01937758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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