Two basic ethical problems of incidental findings in population-based, non-intervening magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) research

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 427-432

  Hoffmann, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

beneficence principle; incidental findings; informed consent; population based research; research ethics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BENEFICENCE; CONFLICT; EMPIRICISM; HUMAN; INCIDENTAL FINDING; INFORMED CONSENT; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MORALITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; GERMANY; HUMANS; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; INFORMED CONSENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 84878335274     PISSN: 13561294     EISSN: 13652753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jep.12036     Document Type: Article

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