Improving health literacy: Informed decision-making rather than informed consent for CT scans in children

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 901-903

  Goske, Marilyn J ^a   Bulas, Dorothy ^b  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RISK; CANCER SURGERY; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FAMILY; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LEGAL LIABILITY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NEOPLASM; NOTE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION CARCINOGENESIS; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION HAZARD; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RADIOLOGIST; RADIOLOGY DEPARTMENT; RESPONSIBILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

BODY BURDEN; CHILD; DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 69049091818     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: 14321998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00247-009-1322-6     Document Type: Note

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