Is "informed right of refusal" the same as "informed consent"?

Journal of Clinical Ethics

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 87-89

  Truog, Robert D ^a  

^a NONE

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Indexed keywords

COMMITTEE ON BIOETHICAL ISSUES OF THE MEDICAL SOCIETY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK; CONFIDENTIALITY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MANDATORY TESTING; NEWBORN; NOTE; PARENTAL CONSENT; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PREGNANCY; TREATMENT REFUSAL; VOLUNTARY PROGRAM;

COMMITTEE ON BIOETHICAL ISSUES OF THE MEDICAL SOCIETY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH;

CONFIDENTIALITY; DISCLOSURE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFORMED CONSENT; MANDATORY TESTING; PARENTAL CONSENT; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PREGNANCY; TREATMENT REFUSAL; VOLUNTARY PROGRAMS;

EID: 0030097510     PISSN: 10467890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (4)

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