Research in the emergency setting involving patients with acute clinical conditions is needed if there are to be advances in diagnosis and treatment. But research in these areas poses ethical and practical challenges. One of these is the general inability to obtain informed consent due to the patient’s lack of mental capacity and insufficient time to contact legal representatives. Regulatory frameworks which allow this research to proceed with a consent ‘waiver’, provided patients lack mental capacity, miss important ethical subtleties. One of these is the varying nature of mental capacity among emergency medicine patients. Not only is their capacity variable and often unclear, but some patients are also likely to be able to engage with the...
Background: In the United States, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulates clinical trials. ...
© 2011 NAPICU. Online edition of the journal is available at http://journals.cambridge.org/action/di...
Patients in emergency situations with impaired consciousness are unable to give informed consent to ...
Research in the emergency setting involving patients with acute clinical conditions is needed if the...
Research in the emergency setting involving patients with acute clinical conditions is needed if th...
Informed consent is a vital part of ethical research. In emergency health care research environ-ment...
It is not possible to consent a patient for emergency research in advance of their acute illness, as...
: Medical research involving critically ill and injured subjects unable to provide informed consent ...
Emergency care needs to be underpinned by the highest quality evidence. However, research involving ...
Traditionally, informed consent for clinical research involves the patient reading an approved Parti...
Emergency care needs to be underpinned by the highest quality evidence. However, research involving ...
My research uses the case of emergency medicine research to challenge established norms of governanc...
There is an increasing number of research projects conducted that requires the recruitment of partic...
Health-care professionals and researchers have a legal and ethical responsibility to inform patients...
The new regulations around consent that came into force in May 2004 give a much clearer framework fo...
Background: In the United States, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulates clinical trials. ...
© 2011 NAPICU. Online edition of the journal is available at http://journals.cambridge.org/action/di...
Patients in emergency situations with impaired consciousness are unable to give informed consent to ...
Research in the emergency setting involving patients with acute clinical conditions is needed if the...
Research in the emergency setting involving patients with acute clinical conditions is needed if th...
Informed consent is a vital part of ethical research. In emergency health care research environ-ment...
It is not possible to consent a patient for emergency research in advance of their acute illness, as...
: Medical research involving critically ill and injured subjects unable to provide informed consent ...
Emergency care needs to be underpinned by the highest quality evidence. However, research involving ...
Traditionally, informed consent for clinical research involves the patient reading an approved Parti...
Emergency care needs to be underpinned by the highest quality evidence. However, research involving ...
My research uses the case of emergency medicine research to challenge established norms of governanc...
There is an increasing number of research projects conducted that requires the recruitment of partic...
Health-care professionals and researchers have a legal and ethical responsibility to inform patients...
The new regulations around consent that came into force in May 2004 give a much clearer framework fo...
Background: In the United States, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulates clinical trials. ...
© 2011 NAPICU. Online edition of the journal is available at http://journals.cambridge.org/action/di...
Patients in emergency situations with impaired consciousness are unable to give informed consent to ...