Universal consent practice in academic intensive care units (ICUs)

Journal of Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 46-52

  Stuke, Lance ^a   Jennings, Andrew ^b   Gunst, Mark ^c   Tyner, Tracy ^d   Friese, Randall ^e   O'Keeffe, Terence ^e   Frankel, Heidi ^f  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b University Medical Center   (United States)

^c WILFORD HALL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d PARKLAND HEALTH AND HOSPITAL SYSTEM   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^f PENN STATE MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Informed consent; Intensive care unit; Invasive procedures; Medical intensive care unit; Surgical intensive care unit

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CATHETERIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ADULT; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; INSURANCE, HEALTH; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 76149107899     PISSN: 08850666     EISSN: 15251489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0885066609350982     Document Type: Article

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