Patients' preferences for risk disclosure and role in decision making for invasive medical procedures

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 114-117

  Mazur, Dennis J ^a,b   Hickam, David H ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PORTLAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

informed consent; medical decision making; medical devices and products; patient physician communication; pharmaceutical industry

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0030896745     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1497.1997.00016.x     Document Type: Article

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