Why we should not seek individual informed consent for participation in health services research

J Cassell; A Young

doi:10.1136/jme.28.5.313

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Why we should not seek individual informed consent for participation in health services research

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Sep 2002	25	11	8
Oct 2002	98	352	101
Nov 2002	104	501	94
Dec 2002	91	210	32
Jan 2003	83	127	20
Feb 2003	81	106	25
Mar 2003	40	64	10
Apr 2003	40	44	12
May 2003	82	86	53
Jun 2003	70	94	21
Jul 2003	47	167	17
Aug 2003	48	54	11
Sep 2003	34	44	11
Oct 2003	36	113	23
Nov 2003	43	59	8
Dec 2003	24	24	15
Jan 2004	38	169	4
Feb 2004	48	120	16
Mar 2004	39	67	6
Apr 2004	30	51	14
May 2004	58	58	11
Jun 2004	53	67	22
Jul 2004	65	63	27
Aug 2004	57	73	26
Sep 2004	57	69	30
Oct 2004	49	111	31
Nov 2004	28	103	34
Dec 2004	19	72	24
Jan 2005	44	81	29
Feb 2005	28	70	19
Mar 2005	20	111	37
Apr 2005	31	71	46
May 2005	38	57	29
Jun 2005	16	58	27
Jul 2005	18	68	29
Aug 2005	19	56	23
Sep 2005	14	50	30
Oct 2005	28	77	34
Nov 2005	25	87	19
Dec 2005	10	50	10
Jan 2006	17	80	32
Feb 2006	7	58	20
Mar 2006	11	92	37
Apr 2006	21	62	20
May 2006	42	41	21
Jun 2006	39	25	18
Jul 2006	30	37	10
Aug 2006	34	37	27
Sep 2006	23	54	27
Oct 2006	49	64	38
Nov 2006	71	92	47
Dec 2006	32	60	34
Jan 2007	43	54	27
Feb 2007	49	90	22
Mar 2007	58	84	38
Apr 2007	72	22	30
May 2007	41	19	23
Jun 2007	29	15	14
Jul 2007	26	18	10
Aug 2007	45	11	19
Sep 2007	31	13	13
Oct 2007	41	17	10
Nov 2007	41	20	29
Dec 2007	30	7	8
Jan 2008	31	11	16
Feb 2008	51	13	18
Mar 2008	43	18	22
Apr 2008	67	21	21
May 2008	30	9	20
Jun 2008	34	16	7
Jul 2008	40	6	17
Aug 2008	24	5	11
Sep 2008	33	10	12
Oct 2008	26	15	15
Nov 2008	34	7	16
Dec 2008	21	10	17
Jan 2009	24	12	14
Feb 2009	63	18	16
Mar 2009	33	8	7
Apr 2009	29	6	11
May 2009	17	11	9
Jun 2009	32	13	14
Jul 2009	23	5	6
Aug 2009	17	4	6
Sep 2009	24	6	12
Oct 2009	38	10	12
Nov 2009	27	11	10
Dec 2009	18	6	9
Jan 2010	38	11	10
Feb 2010	25	10	7
Mar 2010	44	14	12
Apr 2010	32	9	10
May 2010	22	10	10
Jun 2010	19	8	10
Jul 2010	22	6	10
Aug 2010	22	9	5
Sep 2010	16	3	6
Oct 2010	44	9	5
Nov 2010	16	8	8
Dec 2010	29	8	13
Jan 2011	27	6	9
Feb 2011	20	9	9
Mar 2011	54	5	10
Apr 2011	34	8	7
May 2011	54	12	12
Jun 2011	41	11	6
Jul 2011	31	1	10
Aug 2011	28	2	6
Sep 2011	39	3	5
Oct 2011	48	5	4
Nov 2011	28	9	18
Dec 2011	25	13	14
Jan 2012	31	9	315
Feb 2012	58	19	16
Mar 2012	60	18	27
Apr 2012	44	32	21
May 2012	45	24	26
Jun 2012	45	30	22
Jul 2012	30	24	27
Aug 2012	38	14	20
Sep 2012	30	24	16
Oct 2012	56	40	13
Nov 2012	73	26	29
Dec 2012	46	24	28
Jan 2013	99	33	15
Feb 2013	54	23	21
Mar 2013	49	27	32
Apr 2013	64	39	33
May 2013	76	40	65
Jun 2013	58	20	21
Jul 2013	42	16	9
Aug 2013	61	25	15
Sep 2013	53	29	9
Oct 2013	81	80	42
Nov 2013	81	78	45
Dec 2013	56	31	15
Jan 2014	56	60	11
Feb 2014	46	26	17
Mar 2014	102	84	17
Apr 2014	72	113	24
May 2014	83	288	23
Jun 2014	71	324	18
Jul 2014	81	48	16
Aug 2014	78	49	12
Sep 2014	61	44	8
Oct 2014	113	68	24
Nov 2014	66	41	9
Dec 2014	82	102	11
Jan 2015	132	85	10
Feb 2015	117	76	24
Mar 2015	100	103	18
Apr 2015	78	135	16
May 2015	78	80	18
Jun 2015	78	89	25
Jul 2015	90	99	18
Aug 2015	58	162	10
Sep 2015	109	62	10
Oct 2015	86	42	8
Nov 2015	72	83	9
Dec 2015	53	73	9
Jan 2016	62	70	10
Feb 2016	48	75	14
Mar 2016	39	33	8
Apr 2016	51	62	5
May 2016	58	47	7
Jun 2016	53	58	4
Jul 2016	52	46	8
Aug 2016	43	53	8
Sep 2016	45	69	7
Oct 2016	56	66	16
Nov 2016	43	50	8
Dec 2016	25	29	3
Jan 2017	50	54	10
Feb 2017	22	33	11
Mar 2017	14	43	6
Apr 2017	11	61	11
May 2017	8	68	14
Jun 2017	26	55	6
Jul 2017	40	32	5
Aug 2017	41	33	5
Sep 2017	63	59	6
Oct 2017	154	104	12
Nov 2017	94	74	10
Dec 2017	139	115	5
Jan 2018	394	376	22
Feb 2018	239	215	0
Mar 2018	251	211	9
Apr 2018	201	183	10
May 2018	153	129	15
Jun 2018	104	93	5
Jul 2018	155	129	14
Aug 2018	92	74	13
Sep 2018	137	123	18
Oct 2018	188	171	12
Nov 2018	190	176	10
Dec 2018	191	183	18
Jan 2019	158	143	8
Feb 2019	207	194	15
Mar 2019	146	124	15
Apr 2019	87	74	15
May 2019	81	79	14
Jun 2019	88	86	24
Jul 2019	106	87	13
Aug 2019	110	87	17
Sep 2019	124	109	13
Oct 2019	132	108	12
Nov 2019	140	109	21
Dec 2019	133	118	15
Jan 2020	94	65	12
Feb 2020	81	70	6
Mar 2020	121	103	14
Apr 2020	65	57	8
May 2020	74	56	5
Jun 2020	46	40	5
Jul 2020	46	34	7
Aug 2020	50	40	13
Sep 2020	72	56	13
Oct 2020	107	88	17
Nov 2020	109	84	13
Dec 2020	84	63	19
Jan 2021	80	64	10
Feb 2021	139	116	13
Mar 2021	50	32	11
Apr 2021	42	17	8
May 2021	46	38	13
Jun 2021	20	20	6
Jul 2021	11	11	7
Aug 2021	36	36	10
Sep 2021	63	63	7
Oct 2021	106	81	34
Nov 2021	58	43	21
Dec 2021	97	82	14
Jan 2022	86	58	31
Feb 2022	88	76	9
Mar 2022	133	100	21
Apr 2022	97	66	13
May 2022	104	78	29
Jun 2022	89	78	13
Jul 2022	30	19	16
Aug 2022	57	31	17
Sep 2022	97	59	50
Oct 2022	84	49	14
Nov 2022	75	37	16
Dec 2022	100	53	18
Jan 2023	94	65	14
Feb 2023	92	60	9
Mar 2023	101	73	23
Apr 2023	116	59	64
May 2023	91	52	17
Jun 2023	69	43	11
Jul 2023	82	64	8
Aug 2023	96	68	14
Sep 2023	89	76	20
Oct 2023	104	73	14
Nov 2023	195	164	12
Dec 2023	429	47	6
Jan 2024	108	23	4
Feb 2024	61	1	2
Mar 2024	308	6	4
Apr 2024	112	9	0
May 2024	72	2	2
Jun 2024	78	11	1
Jul 2024	76	12	1
Aug 2024	111	6	0
Sep 2024	74	12	1
Total	17828	16247	4680

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