In search of consensus on ethics in airway research

Anaesthesia

Volumn 72, Issue 10, 2017, Pages 1175-1179

  Cook, T M ^a   Duggan, L V ^b   Kristensen, M S ^c  

^a ROYAL UNITED HOSPITALS BATH NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

Author keywords

airway; ethics; expert; research

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA; ANESTHESIST; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONSENSUS; EDITORIAL; EMERGENCY WARD; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; IRELAND; MANIKIN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OXYGENATION; PATIENT AUTONOMY; PATIENT HARM; PATIENT RISK; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RESEARCH ETHICS; RESPIRATION CONTROL; SHARED DECISION MAKING; SUPRAGLOTTIC AIRWAY DEVICE; MALE;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CONSENSUS; ETHICS, RESEARCH; HUMANS; MALE; MANIKINS;

EID: 85020985167     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: 13652044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/anae.13961     Document Type: Editorial

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