Simulated patient studies: An ethical analysis

Milbank Quarterly

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 706-724

  Rhodes, Karin V ^a   Miller, Franklin G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

access to care; audit methodology; deceptive design; exceptions to consent; health services; public health; research ethics; simulated patient studies

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FUNDING; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; LAW; METHODOLOGY; OUTPATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESEARCH ETHICS; RISK MANAGEMENT; SIMULATION; SOCIAL ASPECT; UNITED STATES; VALIDITY;

ETHICS, MEDICAL; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN EXPERIMENTATION; HUMANS; PATIENT SIMULATION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RESEARCH SUBJECTS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPT. OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES;

EID: 84870912899     PISSN: 0887378X     EISSN: 14680009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0009.2012.00680.x     Document Type: Article

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