An audit of information provided during preoperative informed consent

Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 10-13

  Amin, Muhammad Farhan ^a   Jawaid, Masood ^a   Shafiq ur Rehman, ^a   Mudassir, ^a   Hina, ^a   Zakai, Saad Bader ^a  

^a DOW UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Current practice; Informed consent; Preoperative

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; ETHICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PATIENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGEON; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

EID: 33644792053     PISSN: 1682024X     EISSN: 1682024X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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