Patients' predilections regarding informed consent for hospital treatments

Journal of Hospital Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 6-11

  Upadhyay, Shweta ^a   Beck, Andrew ^a   Rishi, Adeel ^a   Amoateng Adjepong, Yaw ^a   Manthous, Constantine A ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Autonomy; Ethics; Hospitalization; Informed consent; Medications; Self determination; Therapies; Treatments

Indexed keywords

DIURETIC AGENT; POTASSIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL SERVICE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT AUTONOMY; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APACHE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 40249087208     PISSN: 15535592     EISSN: 15535606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jhm.275     Document Type: Article

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