Informed consent for elective surgery - What is best practice?

Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 97-100

  Anderson, Owen A ^a,b   Wearne, I Mike J ^a  

^a EASTBOURNE DISTRICT GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATARACT EXTRACTION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DECISION MAKING; ELECTIVE SURGERY; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

EID: 33847740709     PISSN: 01410768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/jrsm.100.2.97     Document Type: Review

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