Agency and communication challenges in discussions of informed consent in pediatric cancer research

Qualitative Health Research

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 628-643

  Young, Amanda J ^a   Kim, Loel ^a   Shu Li, ^a   Baker, Justin N ^b   Schmidt, Michael ^a   Camp, Jonathan W ^c   Barfield, Raymond C ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

^b ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c ABILENE CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Communication; Discourse analysis; Doctor patient; Ethics; Focus groups; Nurse patient; Rhetorical analysis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; NEOPLASM; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; PEDIATRICS; RESEARCH; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; COMMUNICATION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; NEOPLASMS; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; RESEARCH; TENNESSEE;

EID: 77952390917     PISSN: 10497323     EISSN: 15527557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049732310361467     Document Type: Article

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