Consent for regional anaesthesia in the United Kingdom: What is material risk?

International Journal of Obstetric Anesthesia

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 71-74

  Kelly, Gillian D ^a,b,d   Blunt, Cornelia ^a,c   Moore, Philip A S ^a   Lewis, Margo ^a  

^a BIRMINGHAM WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BIRMINGHAM NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c SANDWELL AND WEST BIRMINGHAM HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d Hall Green ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HIGH SPINAL BLOCK; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INFORMED CONSENT; LAW SUIT; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MENINGITIS; NAUSEA; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT COUNSELING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; UNITED KINGDOM; URINE RETENTION; VOMITING;

EID: 1642416889     PISSN: 0959289X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijoa.2003.08.002     Document Type: Article

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