Informed consent - Who knows? Results of a hospital audit project

Health Education Journal

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 371-377

  Ferguson, D J ^a,b,c  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Audit; Informed consent; Truth disclosure

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346223931     PISSN: 00178969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/001789690106000409     Document Type: Article

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