Intensive care patients' evaluations of the informed consent process

Dimensions of Critical Care Nursing

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 207-226

  Clark, Paul Alexander ^a  

^a Health Management Academy   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication; Ethics; Informed consent; Intensive care; Patient satisfaction; Quality of healthcare

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPREHENSION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INTENSIVE CARE; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MENTAL CAPACITY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT RIGHT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEMANTICS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPREHENSION; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; INPATIENTS; INTENSIVE CARE; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MENTAL COMPETENCY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT RIGHTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEMANTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TRUTH DISCLOSURE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34548068535     PISSN: 07304625     EISSN: 15388646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.DCC.0000286826.57603.6a     Document Type: Article

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