Assessing surgeons' disclosure of risk information before carotid endarterectomy

ANZ Journal of Surgery

Volumn 76, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 618-624

  Middleton, Sandy ^a   Gattellari, Melina ^b,c   Harris, John P ^d   Ward, Jeanette E ^e  

^a AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c Centre for Research Evidence Management and Surveillance   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Evidence based medicine; Patient knowledge; Risk; Stroke; Vascular surgical procedure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PREOPERATIVE EDUCATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; STROKE; SURGEON; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL RISK;

AGED; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DECISION MAKING; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; NEW SOUTH WALES; PATIENT EDUCATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 33745139795     PISSN: 14451433     EISSN: 14452197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-2197.2006.03788.x     Document Type: Article

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