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## Background: Improved quality of care is a policy objective of health care systems around the world. implementation research is the scientific study of methods to promote the systematic uptake of clinical research findings into routine clinical practice, and hence to reduce inappropriate care. it includes the study of influences on healthcare professionals' behaviour and methods to enable them to use research findings more effectively. cluster randomized trials represent the optimal design for evaluating the effectiveness of implementation strategies. various codes of medical ethics, such as the nuremberg code and the declaration of helsinki inform medical research, but their relevance to cluster randomised trials in implementation research is unclear. this paper discusses the applicability of various ethical codes to obtaining consent in cluster trials in implementation research. ## Discussion: The appropriate application of biomedical codes to implementation research is not obvious. discussion of the nature and practice of informed consent in implementation research cluster trials must consider the levels at which consent can be sought, and for what purpose it can be sought. th

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Author

Jane L Hutton; Martin P Eccles; Jeremy M Grimshaw

Publisher

BioMed Central; Springer (Biomed Central Ltd.); [London]: BioMed Central, 2006-; Springer Science and Business Media LLC (ISSN 1748-5908)

Published

2008

Language

EN

Field

Health Professions (Health Sciences)