Patients' perceptions of written consent: Questionnaire study

British Medical Journal

Volumn 333, Issue 7567, 2006, Pages 528-529

  Akkad, Andrea ^a   Jackson, Clare ^a   Kenyon, Sara ^a   Dixon Woods, Mary ^a   Taub, Nick ^a   Habiba, Marwan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; LEGAL ASPECT; OBSTETRIC OPERATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE;

CONSENT FORMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERCEPTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

EID: 33748796357     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.38922.516204.55     Document Type: Article

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