Considering the vulnerabilities of surrogate decision-makers when obtaining consent for critical care research

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 4-6

  Barrett, Kali A ^a   Scales, Damon C ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; EDITORIAL; ETHICAL DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MISCELLANEOUS NAMED GROUPS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; SUBSTITUTE DECISION MAKER; CUSTODY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; MALE; NOTE; STATISTICS;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, PEDIATRIC; MALE; PROXY;

EID: 84859912409     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: 14321238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-011-2430-y     Document Type: Editorial

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