Observed Behaviors of Subjects During Informed Consent for an Emergency Department Study

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 9-14

  Baren, Jill ^a   Campbell, Caren F ^a   Schears, Raquel M ^b   Shofer, Frances S ^a   Datner, Elizabeth M ^a   Hollander, Judd E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONFIDENTIALITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DECISION MAKING; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; COMPREHENSION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFORMATION SEEKING BEHAVIOR; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; OBSERVATION; PATIENT SELECTION; RESEARCH SUBJECTS; SPOUSE ABUSE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 72149083021     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: 10976760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2009.09.023     Document Type: Article

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