Open AccessEmpirical evaluation of the need for ‘on-going consent’ in clinical research
Author(s) -
William Smith,
Christine Grady,
Benjamin Krohmal,
Jaime Lazovski,
David Wendler
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
aids
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.195
H-Index - 216
eISSN - 1473-5571
pISSN - 0269-9370
DOI - 10.1097/qad.0b013e328340fec7
Subject(s) - informed consent , clinical research , medicine , empirical research , intensive care medicine , family medicine , alternative medicine , pathology , philosophy , epistemology
Some commentators argue that informed consent for clinical research should be an on-going process, which begins, rather than ends, with participants' initial consent. Lacking, however, are empirical data on whether there is a need for 'on-going consent'.