Patient consent - Decision or assumption?

BMJ

Volumn 336, Issue 7656, 2008, Pages 1259-1260

  Elwyn, Glyn ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; DECISION MAKING; EDITORIAL; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; INFORMED CONSENT; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PRESUMED CONSENT;

EID: 45249107994     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.a155     Document Type: Editorial

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