Informed consent in medical research. No one has a monopoly on deciding what is ethical

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P Soutter. BMJ. 1997.

. 1997 May 17;314(7092):1477.

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Evaluation of a stroke family care worker: results of a randomised controlled trial.
Dennis M, O'Rourke S, Slattery J, Staniforth T, Warlow C. Dennis M, et al. BMJ. 1997 Apr 12;314(7087):1071-6; discussion 1076-7. doi: 10.1136/bmj.314.7087.1071. BMJ. 1997. PMID: 9133884 Free PMC article. Clinical Trial.
Does HIV status influence the outcome of patients admitted to a surgical intensive care unit? A prospective double blind study.
Bhagwanjee S, Muckart DJ, Jeena PM, Moodley P. Bhagwanjee S, et al. BMJ. 1997 Apr 12;314(7087):1077-81; discussion 1081-4. doi: 10.1136/bmj.314.7087.1077a. BMJ. 1997. PMID: 9133887 Free PMC article.
Informed consent in medical research. Journals should not publish research to which patients have not given fully informed consent--with three exceptions.
Doyal L. Doyal L. BMJ. 1997 Apr 12;314(7087):1107-11. doi: 10.1136/bmj.314.7087.1107. BMJ. 1997. PMID: 9133897 Free PMC article. No abstract available.
BMJ's present policy (sometimes approving research in which patients have not given fully informed consent) is wholly correct.
Tobias JS. Tobias JS. BMJ. 1997 Apr 12;314(7087):1111-4. doi: 10.1136/bmj.314.7087.1111. BMJ. 1997. PMID: 9133898 Free PMC article. No abstract available.
Informed consent: the intricacies.
Smith R. Smith R. BMJ. 1997 Apr 12;314(7087):1059-60. doi: 10.1136/bmj.314.7087.1059. BMJ. 1997. PMID: 9162269 Free PMC article. No abstract available.