"Just put it in!" Consent for epidural analgesia in labour

Anaesthesia and Intensive Care

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 147-149

  Paech, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

ANESTHESIST; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EDITORIAL; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INFORMED CONSENT; LABOR; LABOR PAIN; LEGAL LIABILITY; MALPRACTICE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NEGLIGENCE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OBSTETRIC ANALGESIA; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT INFORMATION; PATIENT RIGHT; POSTDURAL PUNCTURE HEADACHE; PRENATAL PERIOD; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

EID: 33645760749     PISSN: 0310057X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0310057x0603400224     Document Type: Editorial

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