Consent: Its Practices and Implications in United Kingdom and United States

Consent: Its Practices and Implications in United Kingdom and United States
Available online 10 August 2007
Jennifer M. Langworthy MPhila, Corresponding Author Contact Information, E-mail The Corresponding Author and Jerrilyn Cambron DC, PhDb
aSenior Research Fellow, Institute for Musculoskeletal Research and Clinical Implementation, [AECC], Bournemouth, UK
bAssociate Professor, National University of Health Sciences (NUHS), Chicago
Published by Mosby, Inc.

Abstract
Objective

This study explores the implementation of consent procedures in a sample of chiropractors in the United Kingdom (UK) and the United States (US) and how well they satisfy the core ethical principles of autonomy, veracity, justice, nonmaleficence, and beneficence.
Methods

A precoded questionnaire was sent to 500 geographically stratified, randomly selected chiropractors in the UK and 500 similarly selected chiropractors within 10 states (50 from each) across the US. Questionnaires were dispatched 100 per month over a 5-month period. Nonresponders were followed up twice. Quantitative data were analyzed descriptively. Qualitative data were charted and examined for emergent themes.

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