Trials using deferred consent in the emergency setting: a systematic review and narrative synthesis of stakeholders’ attitudes

Abstract Background Patients with acute conditions often lack the capacity to provide informed consent, and narrow therapeutic windows mean there is no time to seek consent from surrogates prior to treatment being commenced. One method to enable the inclusion of this study population in emergency re...

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Main Authors: Aran Fitzpatrick, Fiona Wood, Victoria Shepherd
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2022-05-01
Series:Trials
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-022-06304-x