Proxies and consent discussions for dementia research

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 556-561

  Sugarman, Jeremy ^a,b   Roter, Debra ^b   Cain, Carole ^c   Wallace, Roberta ^c   Schmechel, Don ^c,d   Welsh Bohmer, Kathleen A ^c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Dementia; Ethics; Informed consent; Physician patient communication; Research ethics

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUDIO RECORDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMOTION; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKER; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT INFORMATION; PHYSICIAN; RESEARCH SUBJECT;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; COMMUNICATION; ETHICS, RESEARCH; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKERS; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; MALE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PROXY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TAPE RECORDING;

EID: 33947632521     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2007.01101.x     Document Type: Article

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