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The problem of consent in emergency medicine research

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 May 2015

Jonathan D. Gray
Jonathan D. Gray*
Affiliation:
First-year resident in Family Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont
*
1534 Featherston Dr., Ottawa ON K1H 6P2; jonathan.gray@utoronto.ca

Abstract

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This paper outlines some of the ethical and practical dilemmas of securing true informed consent in resuscitation research in the prehospital or emergency department setting. Possible substitutes to such consent are discussed and evaluated. The Canadian Tri-Council Policy Statement guidelines for emergency medicine research are compared to the US Food and Drug Administration rules, and the former are assessed and critiqued. Modifications to the current Tri-Council guidelines are suggested.

Keywords

emergency medicinemedical researchinformed consentbiomedical ethics
Type
Methodology: The Science of EM • Méthodologie: Science de la MU
Information
Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine , Volume 3 , Issue 3 , July 2001 , pp. 213 - 218
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians 2001

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