Legal and ethical myths about informed consent

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 156, Issue 22, 1996, Pages 2521-2526

  Meisel, Alan ^a   Kuczewski, Mark ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Center for Medical Ethics   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; INFORMED CONSENT; LAW; LEGAL ASPECT; LEGAL LIABILITY; MEDICAL ETHICS; PATIENT RIGHT; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

AUTONOMY; CLINICAL APPROACH/SOURCE; COMPREHENSION; CONSENT FORMS; EVALUATION; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; RISKS AND BENEFITS; UNITED STATES; VALUES;

COMPREHENSION; CONSENT FORMS; DECISION MAKING; DISCLOSURE; ETHICS, MEDICAL; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL VALUES; TRUTH DISCLOSURE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0029806642     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.156.22.2521     Document Type: Review

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