A 20-year Review: The Use of Exception From Informed Consent and Waiver of Informed Consent in Emergency Research

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2018, Pages 1169-1177

  Klein, Lauren ^a   Moore, Johanna ^a   Biros, Michelle ^a  

^a HENNEPIN COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AGITATION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DATA ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EPILEPTIC STATE; EXCEPTION FROM INFORMED CONSENT; HEART ARREST; HEMORRHAGIC SHOCK; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; REVIEW; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; WAIVER OF INFORMED CONSENT; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); EMERGENCY; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; PROCEDURES; RESEARCH; RESEARCH ETHICS;

CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; DISCLOSURE; EMERGENCIES; ETHICS, RESEARCH; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; RESEARCH;

EID: 85047550052     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: 15532712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/acem.13438     Document Type: Review

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