Conduct of emergency research in patients unable to give consent-Experiences and perceptions of patients, their consent providing next of kin, and treating physicians following a prehospital resuscitation trial

Resuscitation

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 81-85

  Kämäräinen, Antti ^a,b,c   Silfvast, Tom ^b   Saarinen, Sini ^b   Virta, Janne ^b   Virkkunen, Ilkka ^a  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cardiac arrest; Emergency medicine; Ethics; Informed consent; Prehospital; Research; Survey

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIAC PATIENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY PATIENT; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEART ARREST; HOSPITAL POLICY; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PERCEPTION; PHYSICIAN; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC OPINION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RESUSCITATION; SPOUSE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUT-OF-HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; PHYSICIANS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESUSCITATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 83555179209     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: 18731570     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2011.07.018     Document Type: Article

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