Predictors of Comprehension during Surgical Informed Consent

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 210, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 919-926

  Fink, Aaron S ^a,b   Prochazka, Allan V ^c,d   Henderson, William G ^d   Bartenfeld, Debra ^a   Nyirenda, Carsie ^d   Webb, Alexandra ^a,b   Berger, David H ^e   Itani, Kamal ^f   Whitehill, Thomas ^d   Edwards, James ^g   Wilson, Mark ^h   Karsonovich, Cynthia ⁱ   Parmelee, Patricia ^j  

^a ATLANTA VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^e BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CAUCASIAN; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERVENTION STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATECTOMY; RACE; SHORT FORM 12; STATE TRAIT ANXIETY INVENTORY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; CHOLECYSTECTOMY, LAPAROSCOPIC; COMPREHENSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSTATECTOMY; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77952548548     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2010.02.049     Document Type: Article

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