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Aim: The role of parents in decision-making concerning their child's end-of-life care is not clearly defined. Their participation is encouraged by ethical reflection, in particular by the CCNE (French National Ethics Advisory Committee), but laws are…
OBJECTIVE: To document the Institutional Review Board (IRB) review process and to explore the impact of different patient notification procedures. DATA SOURCES/STUDY SETTING: Review of IRB application and correspondence records prospectively…
BACKGROUND:
When healthcare professionals or other involved parties prevent eligible patients from entering a trial as a research subject, they are gatekeeping. This phenomenon is a persistent problem in palliative care research and thought to be…
