Alternative decision-makers' perspectives on assent and dissent for dementia research

American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 346-354

  Overton, Eve ^a   Appelbaum, Paul S ^b   Fisher, Stephanie Reyes ^a   Dohan, Daniel ^a   Roberts, Laura Weiss ^c   Dunn, Laura B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer disease; Assent; Bioethics; Clinical trials; Decision making; Dementia research; Ethics; Informed consent; Research consent; Surrogate consent

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; DEMENTIA; FAMILY DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROXY; RESEARCH SUBJECTS; THIRD-PARTY CONSENT;

EID: 84880114196     PISSN: 10647481     EISSN: 15457214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jagp.2013.01.027     Document Type: Article

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