When is informed consent required in cluster randomized trials in health research?

Trials

Volumn 12, Issue , 2011, Pages

  McRae, Andrew D ^a,b,c   Weijer, Charles ^a,c   Binik, Ariella ^c   Grimshaw, Jeremy M ^c,d,e   Boruch, Robert ^f   Brehaut, Jamie C ^d,e   Donner, Allan ^a,c,g   Eccles, Martin P ^h   Saginur, Raphael ⁱ   White, Angela ^c   Taljaard, Monica ^c,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^g ROBARTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^h NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RESEARCH ETHICS; STUDY DESIGN; ETHICS; METHODOLOGY;

HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 80052601465     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17456215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1745-6215-12-202     Document Type: Article

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