The role of regret in informed consent

Journal of Bioethical Inquiry

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 49-59

  Little, Miles ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Danger; Informed choice; Informed consent; Intuition; Regret; Remorse; Risk; Threat

Indexed keywords

EID: 60449107694     PISSN: 11767529     EISSN: 18724353     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11673-008-9116-3     Document Type: Article

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