Informed Consent to Research with Cognitively Impaired Adults: Transdisciplinary Challenges and Opportunities

Clinical Gerontologist

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 63-73

  Prusaczyk, Beth ^a   Cherney, Steven M ^a   Carpenter, Christopher R ^a   DuBois, James M ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive impairment; ethics; informed consent; older adults; transdisciplinary

Indexed keywords

AGED; COGNITIVE DEFECT; ETHICS; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT SELECTION; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; PSYCHOLOGY; STANDARDS;

AGED; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; COGNITIVE DYSFUNCTION; ETHICS COMMITTEES, RESEARCH; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; PATIENT SELECTION; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 84979697494     PISSN: 07317115     EISSN: 15452301     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07317115.2016.1201714     Document Type: Article

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