Attitudes to consent - A national survey

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 368-371

  Cleeve, Stewart ^a   Curry, Joe ^a  

^a GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Consent; Paediatric surgery; Postal questionnaire survey; Procedure specific consent forms

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE; CONFERENCE PAPER; HERNIOTOMY; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MEDICAL PRACTICE; ORCHIDOPEXY; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYLOROMYOTOMY; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; GREAT BRITAIN; INFORMED CONSENT; PEDIATRICS;

EID: 32544436612     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2005.11.015     Document Type: Conference Paper

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