Improving the informed consent process for surgery

Neurosurgery

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1184-1189

  Kondziolka, Douglas S ^a,b   Pirris, Stephen M ^a   Lunsford, L Dade ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Informed consent; Procedures; Risk; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL STAFF; NEUROSURGERY; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGEON; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

CONSENT FORMS; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; MENTAL RECALL; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK;

EID: 33745106556     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000215958.26175.EA     Document Type: Article

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