The ethics of managing affective and emotional states to improve informed consent: Autonomy, comprehension, and voluntariness

Bioethics

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 149-156

  Braude, Hillel ^a   Kimmelman, Jonathan ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Affect; Authenticity; Autonomy; Comprehension; Emotion; Informed consent; Voluntariness

Indexed keywords

AFFECT; ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; EMOTION; ETHICS; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; PERSONAL AUTONOMY;

AFFECT; COMPREHENSION; EMOTIONS; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; PERSONAL AUTONOMY;

EID: 84856650706     PISSN: 02699702     EISSN: 14678519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8519.2010.01838.x     Document Type: Article

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