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Consent for emergency care research: the Mental Capacity Act 2005
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- Published on: 29 April 2016
- Published on: 29 April 2016Law amendedShow More
Dear Editor
An amendment to the Medicines Regulations 2004 was published this week. Essentially it brings these regulations (governing medicines research) more into line with the Mental Capacity Act 2005 (governing all non-medicines research). This will allow pre-hospital and early in-hospital research where it it not practical to obtain Professional Legal Adviser consent. The amendment says that if it is impossi...Conflict of Interest:
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