Informed consent: What do patients want to know?

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 111, Issue 1073, 1998, Pages 340-342

  Newton Howes, P A G ^a   Bedford, N D ^a   Dobbs, B R ^a   Frizelle, F A ^a  

^a CHRISTCHURCH HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; LEGAL ASPECT; LONGEVITY; MEDICAL STAFF; NEW ZEALAND; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EMPIRICAL APPROACH; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; LONGEVITY; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; NEW ZEALAND; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SURGERY; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032508444     PISSN: 00288446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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