Patient willingness to be seen by physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and residents in the emergency department: Does the presumption of assent have an empirical basis?

American Journal of Bioethics

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1-10

  Larkin, Gregory L ^a   Hooker, Roderick S ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Health care delivery; Informed consent; Professional patient relationship; Right to health care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; COMPREHENSION; COST CONTROL; DECISION MAKING; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHICS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MANPOWER; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NURSE PRACTITIONER; PATIENT; PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS; TEACHING HOSPITAL; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ATTITUDE; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COMPREHENSION; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); COST SAVINGS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; ODDS RATIO; PATIENTS; PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SAMPLING STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; TRUTH DISCLOSURE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77955325030     PISSN: 15265161     EISSN: 15360075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15265161.2010.494216     Document Type: Article

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