TY - JOUR T1 - Consent in emergency research JF - Emergency Medicine Journal JO - Emerg Med J SP - 489 LP - 490 DO - 10.1136/emj.2005.031005 VL - 23 IS - 6 AU - T J Coats AU - G Ng AU - H Shakur Y1 - 2006/06/01 UR - http://emj.bmj.com/content/23/6/489.2.abstract N2 - The legal basis for consent for research in the incapacitated patient changed on 1st May 2004, when the Medicine for Human Use (Clinical Trials) Regulations 2004 came into force. The new law provides for a legal representative to give consent on behalf of a patient who cannot consent for themselves.1 A professional legal representative can consent on behalf of an incapacitated … ER -