Informed consent: Theory versus practice

Nature Clinical Practice Cardiovascular Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 270-271

  Ågård, Anders S ^a  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; DECISION MAKING; INFORMED CONSENT; MEDICAL ETHICS; PATIENT INFORMATION; PATIENT RIGHT; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RESPONSIBILITY; REVIEW;

BENEFICENCE; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; COMMUNICATION; COMPREHENSION; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN EXPERIMENTATION; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 20744432909     PISSN: 17434297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncpcardio0220     Document Type: Review

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