Informed consent in pediatric surgery: Do parents understand the risks?

Archives of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 136, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 265-269

  Nadeau, Daniel P ^a   Rich, Jeremy N ^a   Brietzke, Scott E ^a  

^a WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EAR NOSE THROAT SURGERY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PARENT COUNSELING; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SURGICAL RISK;

ADULT; CHECKLIST; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COUNSELING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; PARENTS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK;

EID: 77949506389     PISSN: 08864470     EISSN: 08864470     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archoto.2010.5     Document Type: Article

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