Guidance

Personal information in medical research (withdrawn)

Guidance for Medical Research Council (MRC) grant holders using individual patient data in their research without consent from the individual patients.

• From: MRC
• Published: 2 November 2004

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Personal information in medical research

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Details

This guidance sets out procedures that need to be followed by MRC-funded researchers where consent to use individual patient data will not be obtained from the individual patients. The guidance includes:

• general and legal principles
• consent scenarios
• safeguarding confidentiality
• safeguarding other interests of the individual
• storage and re-use of data
• information and consent forms.