'The Words Will Pass with the Blowing Wind': Staff and Parent Views of the Deferred Consent Process, with Prior Assent, Used in an Emergency Fluids Trial in Two African Hospitals

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Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Molyneux, Sassy ^a,b,c   Njue, Maureen ^a   Boga, Mwanamvua ^a   Akello, Lilian ^h   Olupot Olupot, Peter ^f   Engoru, Charles ^g   Kiguli, Sarah ^e   Maitland, Kathryn ^a,d  

^a KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^e MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^f Mbale Regional Referral Hospital   (Uganda)

^g Soroti Regional Referral Hospital   (Uganda)

^h MALARIA CONSORTIUM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; EMERGENCY CARE; FLUID RESUSCITATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERVIEW; KENYA; MEDICAL STAFF; PARENT; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; STRESS; UGANDA;

AFRICA; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FLUID THERAPY; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; PARENTS;

EID: 84873687436     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0054894     Document Type: Article

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