Informed consent revisited: A doctrine in the service of cancer care

Oncologist

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1109-1113

  Schachter, Madeleine ^a   Fins, Joseph J ^a,b,c  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BENEFICENCE; CANCER CENTER; CANCER PATIENT; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; INFORMED CONSENT; LEGAL LIABILITY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; METASTASIS; PATERNALISM; PATIENT AUTONOMY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT RIGHT; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; MENTAL COMPETENCY; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS;

EID: 55049096116     PISSN: 10837159     EISSN: 1549490X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1634/theoncologist.2008-0101     Document Type: Review

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