A review of surgical informed consent: Past, present, and future. A quest to help patients make better decisions

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1406-1415

  Leclercq, Wouter K G ^a   Keulers, Bram J ^b   Scheltinga, Marc R M ^a   Spauwen, Paul H M ^b   Van Der Wilt, Gert Jan ^b  

^a MÁXIMA MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HISTORY; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAL ETHICS; MENTAL CAPACITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; STANDARD; SURGERY;

DECISION MAKING; HELSINKI DECLARATION; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INFORMED CONSENT; MENTAL COMPETENCY; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 77955469587     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: 14322323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-010-0542-0     Document Type: Article

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