| Title |
Protecting Vulnerable Research Subjects in Critical Care Trials: Enhancing the Informed Consent Process and Recommendations for Safeguards
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Annals of Intensive Care, April 2011
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| DOI | 10.1186/2110-5820-1-8 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Henry Silverman |
| Abstract |
Although critically ill patients represent a vulnerable group of individuals, guidelines in research ethics assert that ethically acceptable research may proceed with such vulnerable subjects if additional safeguards are in place to minimize the risk of harm and exploitation. Such safeguards include the proper obtainment of informed consent that avoids the presence of the therapeutic misconception and the assessment of decisional capacity in critically ill patients recruited for research. Also discussed in this review are additional safeguards for such vulnerable subjects, as well as the issues involved with proxy consent. Heightened awareness to principles of ethics and provision of additional safeguards to enhance protections of vulnerable subjects would help to maintain the public trust in the research endeavor. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 33% |
| Australia | 1 | 33% |
| Unknown | 1 | 33% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 2 | 67% |
| Scientists | 1 | 33% |
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| Country | Count | As % |
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| Denmark | 1 | 1% |
| France | 1 | 1% |
| Egypt | 1 | 1% |
| Brazil | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 74 | 95% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 18 | 23% |
| Researcher | 13 | 17% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 8 | 10% |
| Student > Bachelor | 8 | 10% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 6 | 8% |
| Other | 16 | 21% |
| Unknown | 9 | 12% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 32 | 41% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 8 | 10% |
| Social Sciences | 5 | 6% |
| Neuroscience | 3 | 4% |
| Psychology | 3 | 4% |
| Other | 15 | 19% |
| Unknown | 12 | 15% |
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