Does informed consent exempt Japanese doctors from reporting therapeutic deaths?

Journal of Medical Ethics

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 114-116

  Ikegaya, Hiroshi ^a   Kawai, K ^a   Kikuchi, Y ^a   Yoshida, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CRIME; DEATH; DRUG OVERDOSE; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; INCIDENT REPORT; INFORMED CONSENT; JAPAN; LAW; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NEGLIGENCE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; POLICE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; AUTOPSY; DEATH CERTIFICATES; DEATH, SUDDEN; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; JAPAN; MALPRACTICE; MANDATORY REPORTING; OVERDOSE; POLICE;

EID: 32544447227     PISSN: 03066800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jme.2004.009480     Document Type: Article

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