Opt-out as an acceptable method of obtaining consent in medical research: A short report

BMC Medical Research Methodology

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Vellinga, Akke ^a   Cormican, Martin ^a,b   Hanahoe, Belinda ^a   Bennett, Kathleen ^c   Murphy, Andrew W ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GALWAY   (Ireland)

^c TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DRUG EFFECT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT SELECTION; REFUSAL TO PARTICIPATE; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; COHORT STUDIES; CONSENT FORMS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT SELECTION; REFUSAL TO PARTICIPATE; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 79953645067     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2288-11-40     Document Type: Article

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