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SUBMITTER: Freeman BD
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3297487 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Freeman Bradley D BD Kennedy Carie R CR Bolcic-Jankovic Dragana D Eastman Alexander A Iverson Ellen E Shehane Erica E Celious Aaron A Barillas Jennifer J Clarridge Brian B
Journal of empirical research on human research ethics : JERHRE 20120201 1
Clinical studies conducted in intensive care units are associated with logistical and ethical challenges. Diseases investigated are precipitous and life-threatening, care is highly technological, and patients are often incapacitated and decision-making is provided by surrogates. These investigations increasingly involve collection of genetic data. The manner in which the exigencies of critical illness impact attitudes regarding genetic data collection is unstudied. Given interest in understandin ...[more]