Informed consent in randomised controlled trials: development and preliminary evaluation of a measure of Participatory and Informed Consent (PIC)

Abstract Background Informed consent (IC) is an ethical and legal prerequisite for trial participation, yet current approaches evaluating participant understanding for IC during recruitment lack consistency. No validated measure has been identified that evaluates participant understanding for IC bas...

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Main Authors: Julia Wade, Daisy Elliott, Kerry N. L. Avery, Daisy Gaunt, Grace J. Young, Rebecca Barnes, Sangeetha Paramasivan, W Bruce Campbell, Jane M. Blazeby, Alison J Birtle, Rob C. Stein, David J Beard, Alison W Halliday, Jenny L. Donovan, On behalf of the ProtecT study group, CLASS study group, Chemorad study group, POUT study group, OPTIMA prelim study group, CSAW study group and ACST-2 study group
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-07-01
Series:Trials
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13063-017-2048-7