Elderly people with Delirium present mental confusion and hallucinations
Since the patient cannot give you informed consent, you should try to obtain it from relatives or even friends.
Dear Ian:
Thank you for your answer.
I was reading this interesting article.
AD Yeoman, MJ Dew, L DAS and S Rajapaksa.
Role of Cognitive Function in Assessing Informed consent for Endoscopy.
Postgrad Med J. Jan 2006; 82(963):65-69.
doi:10.1136/pgmj.2005.034710.
And I was thinking, before to any research in Elderly People, we must evaluate the cognitive function in order to get informed consent.
Are these rules always applied in developing countries?.
What do you think?
Sincerely Diana from Peru.
If it is suspect that the elderly person may not be able to give informed consent,then next of kin could be approached.
While ethical standards in developing countries may lag behind those in developed countries, the research subjects are still the same people, and the same rules of engagement should apply.
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