Man vs. manikin revisited – the ethical boundaries of simulating difficult airways in patients

Anaesthesia

Volumn 71, Issue 12, 2016, Pages 1399-1403

  Ward, P A ^a   Irwin, M G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

airway; ethics; guideline; research; simulation

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY; ANATOMICAL CONCEPTS; ANESTHESIA; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); EDITORIAL; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; HUMAN; MANIKIN; PATIENT; RESEARCH ETHICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCIENCE; SCIENTIST; SIMULATION; SIMULATOR; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; LARYNGOSCOPE; LARYNGOSCOPY; MALE;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LARYNGOSCOPES; LARYNGOSCOPY; MALE; MANIKINS;

EID: 84994689596     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: 13652044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/anae.13526     Document Type: Editorial

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