Patients' experiences on donation of their residual biological samples and the impact of these experiences on the type of consent given for the future research use of the tissue: A systematic review

International Journal of Evidence-Based Healthcare

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 9-26

  Chan, Tuck Wai ^a   Mackey, Sandra ^a   Hegney, Desley Gail ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ethics; Leftover tissues; Patient informed consent; Residual tissues; Tissue bank

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DONOR; FORECASTING; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; FORECASTING; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; TISSUE BANKS; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 84859710797     PISSN: 17441595     EISSN: 17441609     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-1609.2011.00251.x     Document Type: Review

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