Physicians overestimate patient's knowledge of the process of informed consent: A cross-sectional study

Medicinski Glasnik

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 39-45

  Jukic, Marko ^a   Kozina, Slavica ^b   Kardum, Goran ^c   Hogg, Rosemary ^d   Kvolik, Slavica ^e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SPLIT   (Croatia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SPLIT   (Croatia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SPLIT   (Croatia)

^d QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OSIJEK   (Croatia)

^f JOSIP JURAJ STROSSMAYER UNIVERSITY OF OSIJEK   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Health education, consumer health education; Invasive procedures; Patient rights, informed consent; Preanesthetic visit

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; KNOWLEDGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT RIGHT; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; QUESTIONNAIRE; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

ADULT; AGED; COMMUNICATION; COMPREHENSION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PATIENT RIGHTS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS;

EID: 79551708042     PISSN: 18400132     EISSN: 18402445     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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