Exploring ethical conflicts in emergency trauma research: The COMBAT (Control of Major Bleeding after Trauma) study experience

Surgery (United States)

Volumn 157, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 10-19

  Chin, Theresa L ^a   Moore, Ernest E ^a,b   Coors, Marilyn E ^a   Chandler, James G ^a   Ghasabyan, Arsen ^a,b   Harr, Jeffrey N ^a   Stringham, John R ^a   Ramos, Christopher R ^a   Ammons, Sarah ^a,b   Banerjee, Anirban ^a   Sauaia, Angela ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b DENVER HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOETHICS; COMMUNITY; CONFLICT OF INTEREST; EMERGENCY; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INJURY; MULTIMEDIA; PATIENT AUTONOMY; PUBLIC RELATIONS; RESEARCH ETHICS; SOCIAL MEDIA; VULNERABLE POPULATION; BLOOD COAGULATION DISORDERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ETHICS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

BLOOD COAGULATION DISORDERS; COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INFORMED CONSENT; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84919496568     PISSN: 00396060     EISSN: 15327361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2014.05.021     Document Type: Article

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