Journal article
Patients’ preferences for enrolment into critical-care trials
Abstract
BackgroundMost critically ill patients are incapable of providing informed consent for research.ObjectiveWe sought to determine patients’ preferences for different consent frameworks for enrolling incapable patients into critical-care trials.DesignProspective observational and structured interview study.SettingFive university-affiliated hospitals in Ontario.PatientsTwo-hundred and forty consecutive capable and consenting survivors of critical …
Authors
Scales DC; Smith OM; Pinto R; Barrett KA; Friedrich JO; Lazar NM; Cook DJ; Ferguson ND
Journal
Intensive Care Medicine, Vol. 35, No. 10, pp. 1703–1712
Publisher
Springer Nature
Publication Date
10 2009
DOI
10.1007/s00134-009-1552-y
ISSN
0342-4642