Comparison of group counseling with individual counseling in the comprehension of informed consent: A randomized controlled trial

BMC Medical Ethics

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Sarkar, Rajiv ^a   Sowmyanarayanan, Thuppal V ^a   Samuel, Prasanna ^a   Singh, Azara S ^a   Bose, Anuradha ^a   Muliyil, Jayaprakash ^a   Kang, Gagandeep ^a  

^a CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUNSELING; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ETHICS; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESS; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; JUVENILE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TIME; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMPREHENSION; COUNSELING; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESSES; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; MINORS; PARENTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 77952940939     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6939-11-8     Document Type: Article

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