Question 22 (part 2) · LEK · Medical experiment
You are a doctor who treats a patient in hospital. After ordering complete examination profile, it turns out that the patient may be qualified for clinical research. Consent for joining the research should be obtained by:
- A. attending physician.
- B. head of the department, in which the patient resides.
- C. hospital director, in which the patient resides.
- D. consent should be obtained by other qualified person, who does not have anything to do with the relations connecting the participant with the doctor who leads the research.
- E. consent is not required.
Hint
Consider how a patient's dependence on his treating doctor may affect the voluntariness of consent to research.
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