Journal article
Surrogate decision makers’ attitudes towards research decision making for critically ill patients
Abstract
PurposeTo examine the attitudes and preferences of surrogate decision makers (SDMs) regarding their involvement in the consent to research process for ICU patients.MethodsWe presented 136 SDMs of critically ill patients in five ICUs with four hypothetical research scenarios: baseline interventional study of a placebo controlled RCT; study with higher risk of treatment complication; study comparing two accepted treatments; study with shorter …
Authors
Barrett KA; Ferguson ND; Athaide V; Cook DJ; Friedrich JO; McDonald E; Pinto R; Smith OM; Stevenson J; Scales DC
Journal
Intensive Care Medicine, Vol. 38, No. 10, pp. 1616–1623
Publisher
Springer Nature
Publication Date
10 2012
DOI
10.1007/s00134-012-2625-x
ISSN
0342-4642