What do patients recall from informed consent given before orthopedic surgery?

Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 469-475

  Şahin, Namik ^a   Öztürk, Alpaslan ^a   Özkan, Yüksel ^a   Demirhan Erdemir, Ayşegül ^b  

^a BURSA YUKSEK IHTISAS TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b ULUDAG UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Informed consent; Orthopedics; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTHROPLASTY; ARTICLE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECALL; STANDARD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHROPLASTY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79551710779     PISSN: 1017995X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3944/AOTT.2010.2396     Document Type: Article

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