Clinical research with cognitively impaired subjects: issues for nurses.

Critical care nurses may be faced with assisting or conducting clinical research during their career. Also, critical care nurses frequently care for cognitively impaired patients who may become subjects in a clinical study. This article provides insight into the ethical principles in clinical resear...

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Publicado en:Dimensions of Critical Care Nursing Vol. 25; no. 2; pp. 89 - 93
Autor principal: Lanter J
Formato: Journal Article
Publicado: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Mar/Apr2006
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Sumario:Critical care nurses may be faced with assisting or conducting clinical research during their career. Also, critical care nurses frequently care for cognitively impaired patients who may become subjects in a clinical study. This article provides insight into the ethical principles in clinical research as they pertain to subjects who may have diminished ability to make their own decisions.