Is informed consent always necessary for randomized, controlled trials?
1999
R Dresser
UI
MeSH Term
Description
Entries
D007258
Informed Consent
Voluntary authorization, by a patient or research subject, with full comprehension of the risks involved, for diagnostic or investigative procedures, and for medical and surgical treatment.
Consent, Informed
D011367
Professional Staff Committees
Committees of professional personnel who have responsibility for determining policies, procedures, and controls related to professional matters in health facilities.
Committee, Professional Staff,Committees, Professional Staff,Professional Staff Committee,Staff Committee, Professional,Staff Committees, Professional
D006801
Humans
Members of the species Homo sapiens.
Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D006805
Human Experimentation
The use of humans as investigational subjects.
Human Research Subject Protection,Experimentation, Human
D016032
Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic
Works about clinical trials that involve at least one test treatment and one control treatment, concurrent enrollment and follow-up of the test- and control-treated groups, and in which the treatments to be administered are selected by a random process, such as the use of a random-numbers table.