Informed consent: How much information is enough?

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Surgery

Volumn 68, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 788-791

  Stanley, B M ^a   Walters, D J ^a   Maddern, G J ^a  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Complications; Consent; Informed; Litigation; Medical profession; Risks; Surgical procedure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FEMOROPOPLITEAL BYPASS; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SURGICAL RISK; VASCULAR SURGERY; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; WRITING;

EID: 0031771427     PISSN: 00048682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1998.tb04678.x     Document Type: Article

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