Informed consent: Assessment of comprehension

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 155, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1508-1511

  Wirshing, Donna A ^a   Wirshing, William C ^b   Marder, Stephen R ^b   Liberman, Robert P ^b   Mintz, Jim ^b  

^a VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPREHENSION; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEMORY; MENTAL PATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCORING SYSTEM;

EID: 0031731188     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ajp.155.11.1508     Document Type: Article

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