Waiving consent in emergencies helps patients
Waiving consent to receive research treatment in life or death situations may help patients in more ways than one, according to evidence from an international multicentre randomised controlled trial (RCT) of head injuries in unconscious patients. It showed that waiving relatives’ consent allows pati...
| Format: | Electronic Article |
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| Language: | English |
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BMJ Publ.
2005
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Journal of medical ethics
Year: 2005, Volume: 31, Issue: 1, Pages: 55 |
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| Summary: | Waiving consent to receive research treatment in life or death situations may help patients in more ways than one, according to evidence from an international multicentre randomised controlled trial (RCT) of head injuries in unconscious patients. It showed that waiving relatives’ consent allows patients to be treated sooner with potentially … |
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| ISSN: | 1473-4257 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of medical ethics
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