Coerced consent in clinical research: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Despite the low-risk nature of participation in most clinical anesthesia trials, subject recruitment on the same day as surgery is often restricted due to the concerns of researchers and local research ethics boards that same-day consent may not afford adequate time and opportunity for patients to weigh and make decisions, as well as perceptions of patient vulnerability immediately prior to surgery that could impact the voluntary nature and the rigor of the informed consent process. However, specialties such as anesthesiology, critical care, interventional radiology, and emergency medicine have a varied pattern of practice and patient acquaintance that does not typically afford the luxury of time or, in many cases, advance consent for participation in research. Indeed, t

SUBMITTER: Brenna CTA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11223386 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature