Informed consent for orthopaedic surgery: A prospective audit

Clinical Governance

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 236-241

  Sharma, Pankaj ^a   Arya, Anand ^a   Singh, Samrendu ^a  

^a KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Information strategy; Internet; Orthopaedics; Patients; Prosthetic devices; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTHROSCOPY; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION REACTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; DECISION MAKING; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DISLOCATION; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; FRACTURE; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERNET; KNEE ARTHROSCOPY; LEG AMPUTATION; LEG LENGTH INEQUALITY; LIGAMENT SURGERY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; METATARSAL OSTEOTOMY; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NERVE INJURY; OPEN REDUCTION; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PATIENT INFORMATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; PROSTHESIS INFECTION; PROSTHESIS LOOSENING; QUESTIONNAIRE; SURGICAL INFECTION; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; URINE RETENTION; Z PLASTY;

EID: 0346901875     PISSN: 14777274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14777270310487066     Document Type: Article

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