Completeness of consent forms in research proposals submitted to an ethics review committee

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1.	Title	Title of document	Completeness of consent forms in research proposals submitted to an ethics review committee

2.	Creator	Author's name, affiliation, country	Chrishantha Abeysena; University of Kelaniya, Ragama; LK

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4.	Description	Abstract	This was a descriptive cross-sectional study which analysed the consent forms submitted to the ethics review committee at the faculty of medicine of the University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, between January 2007 and December 2008. Of the 145 consent forms reviewed, 94.5% (137) explained the purpose of the study, 77% (111) included a statement that participation was voluntary, 44% (64) stated that refusal of participation did not affect care, 65.5% (95) mentioned the ability to withdraw consent at any time, 79% (115) that confidentiality of records would be maintained and 45.5% (66) that further clarifications were possible.

5.	Publisher	Organizing agency, location	Forum for Medical Ethics Society

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7.	Date	(YYYY-MM-DD)	2016-11-30

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10.	Identifier	Uniform Resource Identifier	https://ijme.in/articles/completeness-of-consent-forms-in-research-proposals-submitted-to-an-ethics-review-committee/

11.	Source	Title; vol., no. (year)	Indian Journal of Medical Ethics;: Some lives are cheaper than others

12.	Language	English=en	en

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