Informed consent in clinical practice: Pre-registration house officers' knowledge, difficulties and the need for postgraduate training

Medical Teacher

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 649-651

  Schildmann, Jan ^a   Cushing, Annie ^b   Doyal, Len ^c   Vollmann, Jochen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b ST BARTHOLOMEW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; ETHICS; HOSPITAL PHYSICIAN; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LAW; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; QUESTIONNAIRE;

EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; MENTAL COMPETENCY;

EID: 31144457801     PISSN: 0142159X     EISSN: 1466187X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01421590500138747     Document Type: Article

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