Informed consent: Are we doing enough?

British Journal of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 50, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 637-640

  Armstrong, A P ^a,b   Cole, A A ^a   Page, R E ^a  

^a NORTHERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECALL; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; WRITING;

EID: 0031457811     PISSN: 00071226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0007-1226(97)90510-5     Document Type: Article

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