Quality of consent form completion in orthopaedics: Are we just going through the motions?

Journal of Medical Ethics

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 407-408

  Jeyaseelan, Luckshmana ^a   Ward, Jonathan ^a   Papanna, Madhavan ^a   Sundararajan, Sabapathy ^a  

^a BEDFORD HOSPITAL NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ELECTIVE SURGERY; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INJURY; ORTHOPEDICS; STANDARD;

CONSENT FORMS; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; ORTHOPEDICS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 77958087123     PISSN: 03066800     EISSN: 14734257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jme.2010.035592     Document Type: Article

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