Improving comprehension of informed consent

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 294-300

  Kušec, Sanja ^a   Orešković, Stipe ^a   Škegro, Mate ^b   Korolija, Dragan ^b   Bušić, Željko ^c   Horžić, Matija ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^b KBC Zagreb   (Croatia)

^c University of Zagreb School of Medicine   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Cholecystectomy; Comprehension; Doctor patient communication; Informed consent; Shared decision making

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADULT; AGED; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; COMPREHENSION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONVERSATION; DECISION MAKING; DEMOGRAPHY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; GENERAL ASPECTS OF DISEASE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHOLECYSTECTOMY, LAPAROSCOPIC; COMMUNICATION; COMPREHENSION; CROATIA; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NARRATION; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TEACHING MATERIALS; VOCABULARY;

EID: 33344476296     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2005.10.009     Document Type: Conference Paper

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