Patients' Perception of Quality of Pre-Operative Informed Consent in Athens, Greece: A Pilot Study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 11, 2009, Pages

  Falagas, Matthew E ^a,b   Akrivos, Patrick D ^a,c   Alexiou, Vangelis G ^a   Saridakis, Vasilios ^d   Moutos, Theofanis ^a,e   Peppas, George ^a,e   Kondilis, Barbara K ^a,c  

^a ALFA INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES AIBS   (Greece)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c HELLENIC AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

^d IASO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^e HENRY DUNANT HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PERCEPTION; PILOT STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PERCEPTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 77951243464     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0008073     Document Type: Article

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