Evolution of European Union legislation on emergency research

Resuscitation

Volumn 91, Issue , 2015, Pages 84-91

  Mentzelopoulos, Spyros D ^a   Mantzanas, Michail ^b   Van Belle, Gerald ^c   Nichol, Graham ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergency medicine; Informed consent; Legislation; Medical ethics; Regulation

Indexed keywords

BENEFICENCE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EUROPEAN UNION; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; GOOD CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEART ARREST; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ETHICS; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; RESEARCH ETHICS;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; ETHICS, RESEARCH; EUROPEAN UNION; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT;

EID: 84929294303     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: 18731570     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2015.03.006     Document Type: Review

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