Informed decision making and refusal of treatment

Clinical Pediatric Emergency Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 285-291

  Kassutto, Zach ^a,b,c   Vaught, Wayne ^a,b  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

^c ST CHRISTOPHER'S HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONFLICT; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FIRST AID; HUMAN; ILLNESS BEHAVIOR; INFORMED CONSENT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PARENT; PARENTAL CONSENT; PATIENT; PEDIATRICS;

EID: 0347268976     PISSN: 15228401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cpem.2003.09.002     Document Type: Article

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