Resuscitation
Volume 66, Issue 2 , Pages 141-148 , August 2005

Are US informed consent requirements driving resuscitation research overseas?

  • David C. Cone

      Affiliations

    • Yale University School of Medicine, Suite 260, 464 Congress Avenue, New Haven, CT 06519-1315, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 203 785 4710; fax: +1 203 785 3196.
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  • Robert E. O’Connor

      Affiliations

    • Christiana Care Health System, 4755 Ogletown-Stanton Rd, Room 1876, PO Box 6001, Newark, DE 19718, USA

Received 12 October 2004 ,Revised 2 March 2005 ,Accepted 2 March 2005.

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☆ A Spanish translated version of the Abstract and Keywords of this article appears as Appendix at 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2005.03.007.

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Resuscitation
Volume 66, Issue 2 , Pages 141-148 , August 2005

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