Factors affecting consent in pediatric critical care research

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 153-159

  Menon, Kusum ^a,b   Ward, Roxanne E ^b   Gaboury, Isabelle ^c   Thomas, Margot ^b   Joffe, Ari ^d   Burns, Karen ^e   Cook, Deborah ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF EASTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^e ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^f MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Consent; Ethics; Informed consent; Pediatric critical care

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHILD; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUSTODY; FATHER; GRANDPARENT; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTHER; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PARENTAL CONSENT; PHYSICIAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SCIENTIST; STUDY DESIGN; SURGICAL PATIENT; INFANT; INFORMED CONSENT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; STATISTICS;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CANADA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFORMED CONSENT; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, PEDIATRIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROXY;

EID: 84859891402     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: 14321238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-011-2412-0     Document Type: Article

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