Is Informed Consent in Trauma a Lost Cause? A Prospective Evaluation of Acutely Injured Patients' Ability to Give Consent

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 205, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 405-408

  Sava, Jack ^a   Ciesla, David ^a   Williams, Michael ^a   Street III, James ^a   White, Patricia ^a   Wang, Dennis ^a  

^a WASHINGTON HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALERTNESS; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BLUNT TRAUMA; BRAIN INJURY; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INFORMED CONSENT; INJURY SEVERITY; INTOXICATION; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOCK;

EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; GUIDELINES; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MENTAL COMPETENCY; PATIENT SELECTION; PRESUMED CONSENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SHOCK; TRAUMA CENTERS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34548183619     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2007.04.019     Document Type: Article

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