Informed consent in palliative care clinical trials: Challenging but possible

Journal of Palliative Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 485-491

  Agar, Meera ^a,b,c   Ko, Danielle N ^d   Sheehan, Caitlin ^a,e   Chapman, Michael ^f   Currow, David C ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Braeside Hospital   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e Cunningham Centre for Palliative Care   (Australia)

^f SUNSHINE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; CUSTODY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPICE CARE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MEDICAL ETHICS; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); TREATMENT OUTCOME; WAIVED CONSENT;

CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; PALLIATIVE CARE;

EID: 84877872916     PISSN: 10966218     EISSN: 15577740     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2012.0422     Document Type: Article

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