Quality of informed consent: Measuring understanding among participants in oncology clinical trials

Oncology Nursing Forum

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 751-755

  Barrett, Roseann ^a  

^a ST JOSEPH HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; QUALITY CONTROL; STANDARD;

ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL TRIALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 33645860526     PISSN: 0190535X     EISSN: 15380688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1188/05.ONF.751-755     Document Type: Article

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