Informed consent: A broken contract (original) (raw)

As researchers find more uses for data, informed consent has become a source of confusion. Something has to change.

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  1. Erika Check Hayden
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Check Hayden, E. Informed consent: A broken contract.Nature 486, 312–314 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1038/486312a

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