Patient satisfaction with an informed consent process

Cancer Practice

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 162-167

  Agre, Patricia ^a   McKee, Kathleen ^a   Gargon, Nina ^a   Kurtz, Robert C ^a,b  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CANCER PATIENT; COLONOSCOPY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; REVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 0030917864     PISSN: 10654704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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