TY  - JOUR
T1  - MAking research consent transparent
AU  - Menikoff J
Y1  - 2010/10/20
N1  - 10.1001/jama.2010.1492
JO  - JAMA
SP  - 1713
EP  - 1714
VL  - 304
IS  - 15
N2  - 
There is increasing appreciation of the negative consequences that flow from secrecy in clinical research.1 Concern that the integrity of the system might be at risk has led to increased transparency via a number of important reforms, including the US requirement that most drug and device clinical trials must be registered in a public database.2 However, an important aspect of clinical trials—the ethical requirement to obtain a research participant's informed consent—seldom is widely available for public scrutiny. Taking steps to make that aspect of clinical trials more transparent may have several important advantages.

SN  - 0098-7484
M3  - doi: 10.1001/jama.2010.1492
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.2010.1492
ER  -