Current practices and medico-legal aspects of pre-operative consent

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 81, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 331-335

  Osime, O C ^a   Okojie, O ^a   Osadolor, F ^a   Mohammed, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BENIN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; PATIENT EDUCATION; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS;

EMPIRICAL APPROACH; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS;

EID: 16544371494     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/eamj.v81i7.9186     Document Type: Article

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