A randomized controlled trial to assess the effect of audiotaped consultations on the quality of informed consent in cardiac surgery

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 145, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 383-388

  Mishra, Pankaj Kumar ^a   Mathias, Helen ^a   Millar, Keith ^b   Nagrajan, Kumaresan ^a   Murday, Andrew ^a  

^a GLASGOW ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AUDIO RECORDING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY SURGERY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERVIEW; KNOWLEDGE QUESTIONNAIRE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDIMENSIONAL HEALTH LOCUS OF CONTROL SCALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF CONTROL; SURGEON; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGED; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; TAPE RECORDING;

EID: 77951458191     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: 15383644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.2010.45     Document Type: Article

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