Informed consent and aphasia: Evidence of pitfalls in the process

Aphasiology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 3-32

  Penn, Claire ^a   Frankel, Tali ^a   Watermeyer, Jennifer ^a   Müller, Madeleine ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aphasia; Conversation analysis; Informed consent; Model

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APHASIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONVERSATION; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SPEECH ANALYSIS; VIDEORECORDING;

EID: 57249105281     PISSN: 02687038     EISSN: 14645041     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02687030701521786     Document Type: Article

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