Written versus verbal consent: a qualitative study of stakeholder views of consent procedures used at the time of recruitment into a peripartum trial conducted in an emergency setting

Abstract Background Obtaining prospective written consent from women to participate in trials when they are experiencing an obstetric emergency is challenging. Alternative consent pathways, such as gaining verbal consent at enrolment followed, later, by obtaining written consent, have been advocated...

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Main Authors: J. Lawton, N. Hallowell, C. Snowdon, J. E. Norman, K. Carruthers, F. C. Denison
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-05-01
Series:BMC Medical Ethics
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12910-017-0196-7