Consent for emergency medical services for children and adolescents

Pediatrics

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 703-706

  Knapp, Jane F ^a   Dolan, Margaret A ^a   Furnival, Ronald A ^a   Heath, Barry W ^a   Krug, Steven E ^a   Mulligan Smith, Deborah ^a   Pyles, Lee A ^a   Ruddy, Richard M ^a   Shaw, Kathy N ^a   Yeh, Timothy S ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CONFIDENTIALITY; CUSTODY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; FIRST AID; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; LAW; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RECORD; PATIENT RIGHT; PEDIATRICS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REIMBURSEMENT; REVIEW;

EID: 0037339664     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.111.3.703     Document Type: Review

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