What do patients really want to know in an informed consent procedure? A questionnaire-based survey of patients in the Bath area, UK

Journal of Medical Ethics

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 612-616

  El Wakeel, H ^a   Taylor, G J ^a   Tate, J J T ^a  

^a ROYAL UNITED HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PATIENT INFORMATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED KINGDOM; VALIDATION PROCESS; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENGLAND; ETHICS, CLINICAL; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT RIGHTS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 33749822362     PISSN: 03066800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jme.2005.013334     Document Type: Article

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