Survey of consent practices in cluster randomized trials: Improvements are needed in ethical conduct and reporting

Clinical Trials

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 60-69

  Taljaard, Monica ^a,b,c   Chaudhry, Shazia H ^a   Brehaut, Jamie C ^a,b   Weijer, Charles ^c,d   Boruch, Robert ^e   Donner, Allan ^c,d,f   Eccles, Martin P ^g   McRae, Andrew D ^c,h   Saginur, Raphael ^a,i   Zwarenstein, Merrick ^j   Grimshaw, Jeremy M ^b,c,j  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^f ROBARTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^g NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^j SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA COLLECTION; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; ODDS RATIO; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; QUESTIONNAIRES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH DESIGN; RESEARCH REPORT;

EID: 84893916643     PISSN: 17407745     EISSN: 17407753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1740774513513658     Document Type: Article

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