Informed consent for total hip arthroplasty: Does a written information sheet improve recall by patients?

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 84, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 404-408

  Langdon, Ilana J ^a   Hardin, R ^a   Learmonth, I D ^a  

^a ROYAL UNITED HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Informed consent; Questionnaire; Recall; Total hip arthroplasty; Written verbal information

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT INFORMATION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECALL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; VERBALIZATION; WRITING;

ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; PATIENT EDUCATION; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0036844088     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1308/003588402760978201     Document Type: Article

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