Shared understandings for informed consent: The relevance of psychological research on the provision of information

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1517-1523

  Kent, Gerry ^a  

^a NORTHERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Informed consent; Medical ethics; Psychology

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL RESEARCH; COGNITION; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; LANGUAGE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MENTAL HEALTH; METHODOLOGY; PROBABILITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; RISK; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIOLOGY;

EID: 0030298360     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0277-9536(96)00173-6     Document Type: Article

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