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Patient-Consent Disconnects in Clinical Research

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We thank all of the members of the P-CARE Patient Advisory Panel and P-CARE study staff. This article is written on behalf of the entire panel.

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  1. Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Emory University School of Medicine, 1462 Clifton Road, #508, Atlanta, GA, 30322, USA

    Neal W. Dickert

  2. Department of Epidemiology, Emory University Rollins School of Public Health, Atlanta, GA, USA

    Neal W. Dickert

  3. Emory Center for Ethics, Atlanta, GA, USA

    Neal W. Dickert

  4. Atlanta, GA, USA

    JoAnne Brabson & Michele Riedford

  5. Candler School of Theology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA

    Rodney J. Hunter

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Research reported in this article was funded through a Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute Award (ME-1402-10638). The views presented in this article are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute, its Board of Governors, or Methodology Committee.

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Neal W. Dickert, JoAnne Brabson, Rodney J. Hunter, and Michele Riedford have no conflicts of interest that are directly relevant to the contents of this article.

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Dickert, N.W., Brabson, J., Hunter, R.J. et al. Patient-Consent Disconnects in Clinical Research. Patient 11, 577–579 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40271-018-0331-7

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