Retrospective research: What are the ethical and legal requirements?
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Retrospective research: What are the ethical and legal requirements?
Retrospective research is conducted on already available data and/or biologic material. Whether such research requires that patients specifically consent to the use of "their" data continues to stir controversy. From a legal and ethical point of view, it depends on several factors. The main criteria to be considered are whether the data or the sample is anonymous, whether the researcher is the ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Swiss Medical Weekly
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1424-7860,1424-3997
DOI: 10.4414/smw.2010.13041