Fifteen-minute Consultation: an Evidence-based Approach to Research Without Prior Consent (deferred Consent) in Neonatal and Paediatric Critical Care Trials

Overview

Journal Arch Dis Child Educ Pract Ed

Specialty Pediatrics

Date 2015 Oct 15

PMID 26464416

Citations 30

Authors

Kerry Woolfall

Lucy Frith

Angus Dawson

Carrol Gamble

Mark D Lyttle

Bridget Young

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