What a signature adds to the consent process

Surgical Endoscopy and Other Interventional Techniques

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2698-2704

  Neary, Peter ^a   Cahill, Ronan A ^a   Kirwan, W O ^a   Kiely, E ^a   Redmond, H P ^a  

^a Department of Medicine National University of Ireland Cork   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Consent form; Endoscopy; Patient and staff preferences; Signature signing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; CULTURE; CYSTOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSES; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SIGMOIDOSCOPY;

EID: 56349133550     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-008-9874-3     Document Type: Article

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