Considerations for making informed choices about engaging in open qualitative research

Making Informed Choices about Microarray Data Analysis

This article describes the typical stages in the analysis of microarray data for nonspecialist researchers in systems biology and medicine. Particular attention is paid to significant data analysis issues that are commonly encountered among practitioners, some of which need wider airing. The issues addressed include experimental design, quality assessment, normalization, and summarization of mu...

Ethical Informed Consent Considerations for Research in Severe Mental Illness

Study Objective: The objective of this integrative review is to update researchers on the clinical and ethical considerations that are shaping the current understanding of informed consent for research participants with a severe mental illness (SMI). METHOD: A literature search was performed within the last 5 years in the following databases: Legal Collection, MasterFile Premier, MEDLINE, and P...

Use of decision aids to support informed choices about screening.

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Prepared for the Third Annual Conference of the Retirement Research Consortium “Making Hard Choices About Retirement”

Personalized risk communication for informed decision making about screening tests.

Personalized risk estimates have been shown to be a useful tool when attempting to communicate and accurately convey risk information. They provide patients with tailored information to assist them in making a fully informed decision. For this reason, personalized risk estimates may be of particular use in aiding patient decision making regarding screening tests. Medical screening tests and pro...