Under what conditions do patients want to be informed about their risk of a complication? A vignette study

Journal of Medical Ethics

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 276-282

  Janssen, N B A T ^a   Oort, F J ^a   Fockens, P ^a   Willems, D L ^a   de Haes, H C J M ^a   Smets, E M A ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COLONOSCOPY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ETHICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLONOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 69649097761     PISSN: 03066800     EISSN: 14734257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jme.2008.025031     Document Type: Article

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