Informed consent: Don't throw out the moral baby with the critical bath water

Quality and Safety in Health Care

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 414-415

  Doyal, L ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; NOTE; PATIENT RIGHT; SURGICAL PATIENT;

PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP;

BIOETHICS; FEMALE; GENITAL DISEASES, FEMALE; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; MORALS;

EID: 10644264445     PISSN: 14753898     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/qshc.2004.011858     Document Type: Note

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