Is informed consent a "yes or no" response? Enhancing the shared decision-making process for persons with aphasia

Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 42-46

  Stein, Joel ^a,b   Wagner, Lynne C Brady ^a,c  

^a and Red Sox Foundation and Massachusetts General Hospital Home Base Program   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c Stroke/Neurology Rehabilitation Program   (United States)

Author keywords

Aphasia; Decision making capacity; Informed consent; Stroke

Indexed keywords

APHASIA; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; ETHICAL DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; PATIENT AUTONOMY; PATIENT RIGHT; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; STROKE;

APHASIA; DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; MENTAL COMPETENCY; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 33750980969     PISSN: 10749357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1310/tsr1304-42     Document Type: Review

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