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Clinical research without consent in adults in the emergency setting: a review of patient and public views

Overview of attention for article published in BMC Medical Ethics, April 2008
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  • In the top 25% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age (94th percentile)

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policy
1 policy source
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Title
Clinical research without consent in adults in the emergency setting: a review of patient and public views
Published in
BMC Medical Ethics, April 2008
DOI 10.1186/1472-6939-9-9
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Authors

Jan Lecouturier, Helen Rodgers, Gary A Ford, Tim Rapley, Lynne Stobbart, Stephen J Louw, Madeleine J Murtagh

Abstract

In emergency research, obtaining informed consent can be problematic. Research to develop and improve treatments for patients admitted to hospital with life-threatening and debilitating conditions is much needed yet the issue of research without consent (RWC) raises concerns about unethical practices and the loss of individual autonomy. Consistent with the policy and practice turn towards greater patient and public involvement in health care decisions, in the US, Canada and EU, guidelines and legislation implemented to protect patients and facilitate acute research with adults who are unable to give consent have been developed with little involvement of the lay public. This paper reviews research examining public opinion regarding RWC for research in emergency situations, and whether the rules and regulations permitting research of this kind are in accordance with the views of those who ultimately may be the most affected.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United Kingdom 2 2%
Japan 1 1%
Peru 1 1%
Unknown 96 96%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 17 17%
Researcher 14 14%
Student > Ph. D. Student 14 14%
Student > Bachelor 7 7%
Professor 6 6%
Other 24 24%
Unknown 18 18%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 43 43%
Nursing and Health Professions 8 8%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 6 6%
Arts and Humanities 5 5%
Psychology 5 5%
Other 15 15%
Unknown 18 18%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 18. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 18 May 2021.
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#1,851,453
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#183
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#4,453
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#1
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