Obtaining consent for autopsy

Obtaining consent for neonatal research.

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Hospital criticised for not obtaining proper consent

1291 BMJ VOLUME 320 13 MAY 2000 bmj.com Tighter controls on clinical research in the NHS are to be introduced by the government in response to a highly critical review of a study carried out at North Staffordshire Hospital NHS Trust. The review has raised serious concerns over the issue of consent for a trial on neonates with respiratory failure run by Professor David Southall, consultant paedi...

Chapter 48. Procedures For Obtaining Informed Consent

Understood Consent Versus Informed Consent: A New Paradigm for Obtaining Consent for Pediatric Research Studies

All too often the informed consent process is viewed by members of research teams as a challenge of getting a parent or young person's signature on a form. Informed consent is, however, much more than a signed form. Rather, it is a process, often iterative, in which the parent or young person is given sufficient information about a study in order that they can make a truly informed decision abo...

The autopsy: obtaining quality assurance of treatment.

I read with great interest the thoughtful letter by Dr. Kendra Peterson that appeared in the January 2001 issue of Neuro-Oncology. While we hope that one day all of our patients with CNS tumors will be cured, we must not lose sight that still much is to be learned about these tumors and their therapies. In this respect, the ultimate method of quality assurance, the autopsy, should not be forgot...