Towards an understanding of the ethics of electronic consent in clinical trials
There are good practical reasons to use electronic consent (e-consent) in randomised trials, especially when conducting large-scale clinical trials to answer population-level health research questions. However, determining ethical reasons for e-consent is not so clear and depends on a proper understanding of what e-consent means when used in clinical trials and its ethical significance. Here we focus on four features of ethical significance which give rise to a range of ethical considerations relating to e-consent and merit further focused ethics research.
Authors
- Kate Sahan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5948-5581)
- Mark Sheehan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7191-901X)
- David Preiss (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4646-5060)
- Rohan S. Wijesurendra (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8261-8343)
- Marion Mafham
Institutions
- University of Oxford (GB)
- Wellcome Centre for Ethics and Humanities (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Trials
- Published
- 2024-08-16
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-024-08330-3
- Citations
- 5
- Primary Topic
- Ethics in Clinical Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.71
Funders
- Cancer Research UK
- National Institute for Health and Care Research
- British Heart Foundation
- University of Oxford
- Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Medical Research Council