Research in critically ill patients: standards of informed consent

doi:10.1186/cc5678

Critical Care
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Research in critically ill patients: standards of informed consent

Catherine Chenaud , Paolo Merlani and Bara Ricou

Service of Intensive Care, Department of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology and Intensive Care, University Hospital of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland

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Critical Care 2007, 11:110doi:10.1186/cc5678


Published:	15 February 2007

See related review by Huang and Hadian, http://ccforum.com/content/10/6/244

Abstract

Patients in critical care lose their capability to make a judgement, and constitute a 'vulnerable population' needing special and reinforced protection. Even if the standard of informed consent is an essential way of demonstrating respect for the patient's autonomy, the usual informed-consent procedure is not as applicable as required or sufficient to warrant this ethical principle in critical care.