Improving risk disclosure during the consent process

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 86, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 458-461

  Edwards, Tom J ^a   Finlay, I ^b   Wilkins, D C ^a   Lambert, A W ^a  

^a DERRIFORD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b BRISTOL ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Consensus; Consent forms; Delphi technique; Disclosure; Informed consent

Indexed keywords

APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HERNIOPLASTY; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INGUINAL HERNIA; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EMPIRICAL APPROACH; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP;

HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; MEDICAL AUDIT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 7744224723     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1308/1478708041118     Document Type: Article

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