All who agreed to participate in the study signed a consent form either by themselves or their representatives in case of the minors and those who could not write.
The fact that member states share the same regulations on clinical trials, which require (among other conditions) a legal representative in cases of incompetent adults, but have different legal procedures for the appointment of representatives, might delay research in some countries, such as Italy, where the procedure is burdensome.
Participants were informed about the study by a brochure provided at ICU admission attached with an opt-out card that could be completed by the patient or legal representative in case of unwillingness to participate.
Autonomy and capacity issues are also numerous, wide-ranging, and concern (1) day to day affairs such as driving safely and spending money wisely, (2) life-time events such as designating a legal representative in case of incapacity, making a will, (3) consenting to treatment and diagnostic procedures, (4) participating in research.
Should the positive achievements from Bosnia and Kosovo (known, of course, only in retrospect), affect our opinion on whether a President, in our representative democracy, be able to commit our nation to war without approval of those representatives, except in case of emergency?
Fibrosis of the pancreas is one of the representative histopathologic findings in cases of chronic pancreatitis where pancreatic myofibroblasts play a crucial role.
Randomly taking a single representative strain in case of identical susceptibility patterns, ERIC-PCR was performed for 40 ESBL-producers.
The most representative block from each tumour and in cases of mixed tumours, the block containing all cell types was selected.
Informed consent will be obtained from the residents themselves or from their legal representatives in the case of psychogeriatric residents or residents with aphasia.
Informed written consent was obtained from the residents themselves or from their legal representatives in the case of psychogeriatric disorder, or residents with aphasia.
