Patients’ beliefs regarding informed consent for low-risk pragmatic trials

Abstract Background The requirement to obtain written informed consent may undermine the potential of pragmatic randomized clinical trials (pRCTs) to improve evidence-based care. This requirement could compromise trials statistical power or even force it to close them down prematurely. However, rece...

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Main Authors: Rafael Dal-Ré, Antonio J. Carcas, Xavier Carné, David Wendler
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-09-01
Series:BMC Medical Research Methodology
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12874-017-0424-3