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Physician Satisfaction With Informed Consent Process In Psychiatric Research, Sushma Polavarapu
Physician Satisfaction With Informed Consent Process In Psychiatric Research, Sushma Polavarapu
Master's Theses and Doctoral Dissertations
Informed consent process is crucial in any research. The consent is meaningful only when the subject is capable of using disclosed information in deciding whether to participate in a research study. Decision-making capacity might change in psychiatric patients during the informed consent process. Therefore, there may be some elements which are neglected during the informed consent process in psychiatric research. The purpose of this research study was to determine the perceptions of physicians about what elements of informed consent might be neglected in psychiatric research and what additional elements might be included that would improve the informed consent process for …