How should we measure informed choice? The case of cancer screening

Journal of Medical Ethics

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 192-196

  Jepson, Ruth G ^a   Hewison, J ^b   Thompson, A G H ^a   Weller, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; RESPONSIBILITY; SCREENING TEST; UNITED KINGDOM; VALIDATION PROCESS;

HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; ETHICAL ANALYSIS; ETHICS, CLINICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; MASS SCREENING; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT RIGHTS;

EID: 17444413788     PISSN: 03066800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jme.2003.005793     Document Type: Article

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