Informed consent in cluster randomised trials: a guide for the perplexed

Hayden P Nix; Charles Weijer; Jamie C Brehaut; David Forster; Cory E Goldstein; Monica Taljaard

doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2021-054213

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Hayden P Nix Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Charles Weijer Department of Philosophy, Western University, London, Ontario, CanadaDepartment of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, Western University, London, Ontario, CanadaDepartment of Medicine, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Jamie C Brehaut Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, CanadaSchool of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada PubMed articles Google scholar articles
David Forster Institutional Review Board, WIRB-Copernicus Group Inc, Puyallup, Washington, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Cory E Goldstein Department of Philosophy, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Monica Taljaard Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, CanadaSchool of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada PubMed articles Google scholar articles

Correspondence to Hayden P Nix; hnix{at}uwo.ca

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Nix HP, Weijer C, Brehaut JC, et al

Informed consent in cluster randomised trials: a guide for the perplexed

BMJ Open 2021;11:e054213. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-054213

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Received June 5, 2021
Accepted September 15, 2021
First published September 27, 2021.

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