Journal article
The need for additional safeguards in the informed consent process in schizophrenia research
Abstract
The process of obtaining informed consent to participate in a clinical study presents many challenges for research conducted in a population of patients with schizophrenia. Morally valid, informed consent must include information sharing, decisional capacity, and capacity for voluntarism. This paper examines the unique features of schizophrenia that may threaten each of these elements of informed consent, and it proposes additional safeguards …
Authors
Anderson KK; Mukherjee SD
Journal
Journal of Medical Ethics, Vol. 33, No. 11,
Publisher
BMJ
Publication Date
11 2007
DOI
10.1136/jme.2006.017376
ISSN
0306-6800