Informed consent as an ethical requirement in clinical trials: An old, but still unresolved issue. An observational study to evaluate patient's informed consent comprehension

Journal of Medical Ethics

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 269-275

  Sanchini, Virginia ^a,b,c   Reni, Michele ^d   Calori, Giliola ^d   Riva, Elisabetta ^d   Reichlin, Massimo ^e  

^a European School of Molecular Medicine (SEMM)   (Italy)

^b EUROPEAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^d SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^e VITA SALUTE SAN RAFFAELE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTONOMY; COMPREHENSION; ETHICS; ETHICS COMMITTEES/CONSULTATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONNEL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RESEARCH ETHICS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VERY ELDERLY;

AUTONOMY; ETHICS COMMITTEES/CONSULTATION; INFORMED CONSENT; RESEARCH ETHICS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMPREHENSION; ETHICS, RESEARCH; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH PERSONNEL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84896547546     PISSN: 03066800     EISSN: 14734257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/medethics-2012-101115     Document Type: Article

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