title: Communicating with subjects: special challenges for resuscitation research.
abstract: In May 2005, Academic Emergency Medicine sponsored a one-day consensus conference held in association with the 2005 Society for Academic Emergency Medicine meeting in New York City. The conference, entitled "Ethical Conduct of Resuscitation Research," addressed a variety of issues regarding the successful conduct of research in acute care settings. A number of important breakout sessions were convened based on challenges specific to resuscitation research. "Communicating with Subjects" was one such session, dedicated toward perfecting the conduct of informed consent for research. The breakout session was attended by 15 insightful emergency medicine investigators, administrators, and ethicists. Issues of research information disclosure, subject comprehension, and the voluntariness of research participation were addressed. Consensus statements were developed and are discussed within this report.
authors.affiliation: Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY, USA. ilene.wilets@mssm.edu
authors.forename: Ilene
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Wilets
authors.forename: Raquel Marie
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Schears
authors.forename: Nada
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Gligorov
mesh_terms: D032962:Consent Forms / Q000941:ethics / Q000592:standards; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital / Q000941:ethics / Q000592:standards; D019983:Guideline Adherence / Q000941:ethics / Q000592:standards; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D007258:Informed Consent / Q000941:ethics* / Q000592:standards; D018579:Patient Selection / Q000941:ethics*; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations / Q000941:ethics*; D012151:Resuscitation / Q000941:ethics*; D014481:United States