The patient who is unable to consent to nursing care

International Journal of Nursing Studies

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 697-705

  Aveyard, Helen ^a  

^a OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Competence to consent; Informed consent; Nursing care procedures

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERVIEW; NURSE; NURSING; PATIENT; PATIENT CARE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0042763081     PISSN: 00207489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7489(02)00113-X     Document Type: Article

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