Media Highlights Controversy of Informed Consent Process

Public concern addresses issues of informed consent, especially when research and standard of care are intertwined, in a NICHHD-backed study called SUPPORT (“Surfactant, Positive Airway Pressure, and Pulse Oximetry Randomized Trial”). The experiment was conducted at 23 academic institutions from 2005 through 2009 on premature infants. See story at http://dailysignal.com/2014/06/03/uninformed-consent-nih-sacrifice-preemies-sake-research/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social?