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The ethical concerns of seeking consent from critically ill, mechanically ventilated patients for research – A matter of possessing capacity or surrogate insight

Year: 2018

Type: article

Abstract: Conducting clinical research on subjects admitted to intensive care units is challenging as they frequently lack the capacity to provide informed consent due to multiple factors including ICU acquired delirium, coma, the need for sedation, or underlying critical illness. However, the presence of one or more of these characteristics does not automatically designate a potential subject as lacking capacity to provide their own informed consent. We review the ethical issues involved in obtaining informed consent for medical research from mechanically ventilated, critically ill patients, in addition to the concerns that may arise when a legally authorized representative is asked to provide informed consent on behalf of these patients.

Source: Clinical Ethics

DOI: 10.1177/1477750918762350

Authors: Avelino C Verceles, Waqas Bhatti

Institution: University of Maryland, Baltimore

Language: English

Topic: Ethics in Clinical Research

Subfield: Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

Funder: National Institute on Aging