Danish medical journal
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Danish medical journal · Mar 2015
Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter StudyLegislation hampers medical research in acute situations.
Informed consent in incapacitated adults is permitted in the form of proxy consent by both the patients' closest relative (next of kin, NOK) and general practitioner (GP). In research in acute situations not involving pharmaceuticals, Danish legislation allows for randomisation and subsequent proxy consent, as soon as possible. The aim of this study was to describe the delay associated with obtaining consent and to assess whether consent from NOK or GP/Danish Health and Medicines Authority is obtained with delays beyond the intervention. ⋯ This work was supported by the European Regional Development Fund through the Interreg IV A OKS programme (NYPS ID: 167157) with regards to authors JHT, CH, NN and JK.