Waiver of Informed Consent for Emergency Research

Berg, Jessica Wilen

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Waiver of Informed Consent for Emergency Research

Jessica Wilen Berg

Case Western Reserve University - School of Law

Michigan State University College of Law Journal of Medicine and Law, Vol. 1, No. 1, 1997

Abstract:
Informed consent is both a legal and ethical doctrine. As an ethical doctrine, informed consent is based upon western notions of privacy and autonomy. Individuals are thought to have an interest both in freedom from governmental interference in their lives and in freedom from bodily intrusion.

Number of Pages in PDF File: 29

Keywords: informed consent, individual autonomy, human experimentation, Nuremberg Code, Institutional Review Board

JEL Classification: K10, K23, K32

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Date posted: April 16, 2008

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Berg, Jessica Wilen, Waiver of Informed Consent for Emergency Research. Michigan State University College of Law Journal of Medicine and Law, Vol. 1, No. 1, 1997. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1118785

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Jessica Wilen Berg (Contact Author)

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