Informed consent in cardiac surgery: Is it truly informed?

Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 675-681

  Mishra, Pankaj Kumar ^a,b   Ozalp, Faruk ^a   Gardner, Roy S ^a   Arangannal, Arul ^a   Murday, Andrew ^a  

^a GLASGOW ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cardiac surgery; Informed consent; Questionnaires; Validation studies

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MALE; MORBIDITY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SURGICAL MORTALITY;

EID: 33748274334     PISSN: 15582027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2459/01.JCM.0000243001.59675.bf     Document Type: Article

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