Assessing the adequacy of procedure-specific consent forms in orthopaedic surgery against current methods of operative consent

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 246-249

  Barritt, Andrew W ^a   Clark, Laura ^a   Teoh, Victoria ^a   Cohen, Adam M M ^a   Gibb, Paul A ^a  

^a KENT AND SUSSEX HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Audit; Consent documentation; Informed consent; Orthopaedic surgery

Indexed keywords

ARTHROSCOPY; ARTICLE; ETHICS; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; KNEE; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; MEDICAL AUDIT; METHODOLOGY; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PATIENT EDUCATION; RISK FACTOR; STANDARD; UNITED KINGDOM;

ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; ARTHROSCOPY; CONSENT FORMS; ENGLAND; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MEDICAL AUDIT; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 77952316679     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1308/003588410X12628812458257     Document Type: Article

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