The ethics of informed consent in Alzheimer disease research

Nature Reviews Neurology

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 410-414

  Kim, Scott Y H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; EVALUATION RESEARCH; FAMILY DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; PATIENT AUTONOMY; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESEARCH ETHICS; RESEARCH SUBJECT; REVIEW; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; HUMAN EXPERIMENTATION; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT;

EID: 79960091774     PISSN: 17594758     EISSN: 17594766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrneurol.2011.76     Document Type: Review

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