Ethical issues in implementation research: a discussion of the problems in achieving informed consent

Jane L Hutton*1, Martin P Eccles2 and Jeremy M Grimshaw3 Address: 1Department of Statistics, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL, UK, 2Institute of Health and Society, University of Newcastle, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE2 4AA, UK and 3Clinical Epidemiology Programme, Ottawa Health Research Institute, Ottawa, Canada Email: Jane L Hutton* - J.L.Hutton@warwick.ac.uk; Martin P Eccles - martin.eccles@ncl.ac.uk; Jeremy M Grimshaw - jgrimshaw@ohri.ca * Corresponding author