Research involving adults lacking capacity to consent: The impact of research regulation on 'evidence biased' medicine

BMC Medical Ethics

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Shepherd, Victoria ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL TRIAL; ENGLAND; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICINE; MENTAL CAPACITY; PROXY; UNCERTAINTY; WALES; ACCESS TO INFORMATION; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); DECISION MAKING; ETHICS; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; PATERNALISM; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; RESEARCH SUBJECT; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL BIAS; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ADULT; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; DECISION MAKING; ENGLAND; ETHICAL ANALYSIS; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; MENTAL COMPETENCY; PATERNALISM; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; RESEARCH SUBJECTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; THIRD-PARTY CONSENT; UNCERTAINTY; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS; WALES;

EID: 84986892999     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12910-016-0138-9     Document Type: Review

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