ICU research: The impact of invasiveness on informed consent

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1282-1289

  Gigon, Fabienne ^a   Merlani, Paolo ^b,c   Chenaud, Catherine ^b   Ricou, Bara ^b  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^c REGIONAL HOSPITAL OF LUGANO   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Relatives; Research ethics; Research on research; Surrogate; Unconscious patient

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONSCIOUSNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INVASIVE PROCEDURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELATIVE; UNCONSCIOUSNESS; VIGNETTE;

AGED; CAREGIVERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHICS, RESEARCH; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT PREFERENCE; SWITZERLAND; THIRD-PARTY CONSENT; UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

EID: 84879111498     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: 14321238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-013-2908-x     Document Type: Article

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