An integrated conceptual framework for evaluating and improving ‘understanding’ in informed consent

Abstract Background The development of understandable informed consent (IC) documents has proven to be one of the most important challenges in research with humans as well as in healthcare settings. Therefore, evaluating and improving understanding has been of increasing interest for empirical resea...

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Main Authors: Sabine Bossert, Daniel Strech
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-10-01
Series:Trials
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13063-017-2204-0