Caught in the web: Informed consent for online health research

Science Translational Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 173, 2013, Pages

  Vayena, Effy ^a   Mastroianni, Anna ^b   Kahn, Jeffrey ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ARTICLE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERNET; MEDICAL RESEARCH; ONLINE SYSTEM; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVACY; RESEARCH ETHICS; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL NETWORK; WEB BROWSER;

HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERNET; PATIENT PARTICIPATION;

EID: 84874751248     PISSN: 19466234     EISSN: 19466242     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.3004798     Document Type: Article

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