"let's get the best quality research we can": Public awareness and acceptance of consent to use existing data in health research: A systematic review and qualitative study

BMC Medical Research Methodology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Hill, Elizabeth M ^a   Turner, Emma L ^a   Martin, Richard M ^a   Donovan, Jenny L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Confidentiality; Informed consent; Medical record; Secondary research; Selection bias

Indexed keywords

AGED; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC OPINION; REVIEW; STANDARD; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGED; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; FOCUS GROUPS; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PUBLIC OPINION; SELECTION BIAS;

EID: 84878391994     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2288-13-72     Document Type: Article

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