Informed consent in interventional spine procedures: How much do patients understand?

Pain Physician

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 251-255

  Everett, Clifford R ^a   Novoseletsky, Dmitry ^a   Cole, Sarah ^b   Frank, Jason ^b   Remillard, Christopher ^b   Patel, Rajeev K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b ITHACA COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic pain; Informed consent; Patient physician relationship; Spinal injections

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; HERBACEOUS AGENT;

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPREHENSION; DRUG UTILIZATION; EXPECTATION; FAMILY; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; MASSAGE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MOTIVATION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADICULOPATHY; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SPINE SURGERY; SURGICAL RISK; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS; VIDEORECORDING;

EID: 23644456574     PISSN: 15333159     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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