Open AccessEffect of a Study Map Intended to Support Informed Consent in Transplant Research
Author(s) -
Megan Foradori,
Marie T. Nolan
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
progress in transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.4
H-Index - 41
eISSN - 2164-6708
pISSN - 1526-9248
DOI - 10.7182/pit2012553
Subject(s) - informed consent , comprehension , protocol (science) , test (biology) , psychology , medicine , scale (ratio) , research design , clinical psychology , family medicine , social psychology , alternative medicine , computer science , paleontology , social science , physics , pathology , quantum mechanics , sociology , biology , programming language
Research participants' informed consent is integral to the protection of human subjects; studies exploring the enhancement of standard informed consent processes have had mixed success in increasing patients' understanding of complex research protocols.