Participants' understanding of informed consent in a randomized controlled trial for chronic knee pain

Journal of Empirical Research on Human Research Ethics

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 435-443

  Guillemin, Marilys ^a   Barnard, Emma ^a   Walker, Hannah ^a   Bennell, Kim ^a   Hinman, Rana ^a   Gillam, Lynn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Informed consent; Participants' experience; Participants' understanding; RCT

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ARTHRALGIA; COMPREHENSION; ETHICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; KNEE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RESEARCH SUBJECT;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; ARTHRALGIA; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; KNEE; KNEE JOINT; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH DESIGN; RESEARCH SUBJECTS;

EID: 84954431418     PISSN: 15562646     EISSN: 15562654     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1556264615610209     Document Type: Article

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