Research, ethics and the data protection legislation.

Maureen McKane*, Debbie Tolson

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

As nursing research becomes more common, so does the issue of whether or not patients should be involved and, if so, to what extent. This article examines how the data protection legislation helps to protect patients, and whether they have the capability to decide to participate, or not.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)36-41
Number of pages6
JournalNursing standard (Royal College of Nursing (Great Britain) : 1987)
Volume14
Issue number20
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2 Feb 2000
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • data protection
  • research and development
  • ethics

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