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Consent of the recently bereaved to post-mortem targeted angiography research: 207 adult cases
- Source :
- Journal of Clinical Pathology. 66:326-329
- Publication Year :
- 2012
- Publisher :
- BMJ, 2012.
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Abstract
- Aims To present our experience of prospective telephone consenting for post-mortem CT angiography (PMCT-A) research using HM coroners’ cases. Methods Local ethics committee, research and development office, and local HM coroners gave their permission for the families of the deceased, in cases where a ‘routine’ coroner9s autopsy had been authorised, to be approached for their consent to PMCT-A research before the autopsy examination. A forensic pathologist or trial consenter telephoned the next of kin, discussed the nature of the study and obtained verbal informed consent for post-mortem imaging, angiography, case-dependent histological and toxicology sampling and for the use of the images for teaching and training. Thematic analyses of the reasons for giving or refusing consent are provided. Results Of the 207 cases approached, seven relatives refused to enter their next of kin into the study (96.6% consent rate). Conclusions This study shows that prospective consenting for HM coroners’ cases to be used for autopsy research is feasible in adults, and can be done ethically, and in the limited time available, by obtaining the consent of the next of kin by telephone before autopsy.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Male
medicine.medical_specialty
Attitude to Death
Biomedical Research
Time Factors
Next of kin
Research Subjects
Autopsy
Pathology and Forensic Medicine
Informed consent
medicine
Humans
Family
Sampling (medicine)
Prospective Studies
Psychiatry
Third-Party Consent
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
medicine.diagnostic_test
business.industry
Angiography
Ethics committee
Autopsy examination
General Medicine
Middle Aged
Telephone
Consent rate
England
Family medicine
Feasibility Studies
Female
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
business
Coroners and Medical Examiners
Bereavement
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 14724146 and 00219746
- Volume :
- 66
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of Clinical Pathology
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....93526d5643f9fb9252eaa79ead636023