Informed consent: Optimism versus reality

British Dental Journal

Volumn 193, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 221-224

  Tahir, M A Mohamed ^a   Mason, C ^a   Hind, V ^a   Tahir, Rashid ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b National Dental Centre of Singapore   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AMBULATORY SURGERY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; COMPREHENSION; DENTAL ANESTHESIA; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL HEALTH EDUCATION; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERVIEW; PARENTAL CONSENT; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICS; TIME; TOOTH EXTRACTION;

EMPIRICAL APPROACH; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP;

ADOLESCENT; AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ANESTHESIA, DENTAL; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; COMPREHENSION; DENTAL CARE; HEALTH EDUCATION, DENTAL; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERVIEWS; PARENTAL CONSENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STATISTICS; TIME FACTORS; TOOTH EXTRACTION;

EID: 0037167342     PISSN: 00070610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bdj.4801529     Document Type: Article

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