Consent in escrow

• Published in: Journal of law and the biosciences Vol. 2; no. 1; pp. 69 - 78
• Main Authors: Van der Loos, Kiah I, Longstaff, Holly, Virani, Alice, Illes, Judy
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Oxford University Press 01.02.2015
• Subjects: neuroethics; disaster ethics; informed consent; consent in escrow; disaster research; research ethics

Disasters such as flash flooding, mass shootings, and train and airplane accidents involving large numbers of victims produce significant opportunity for research in the biosciences. This opportunity exists in the extreme tails of life events, however, during which decisions about life and death, va...