title: California's new law allowing surrogate consent for clinical research involving subjects with impaired decision-making capacity.
authors.forename: John M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Luce
mesh_terms: D002140:California; D016638:Critical Illness; D028744:Ethics Committees, Research / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D006805:Human Experimentation / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D006801:Humans; D007258:Informed Consent / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D007872:Legal Guardians / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D016743:Mental Competency / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D019727:Proxy / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D035842:Research Subjects / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D020458:Third-Party Consent / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*