Interventions to improve patient comprehension in informed consent for medical and surgical procedures: A systematic review

Medical Decision Making

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 151-173

  Schenker, Yael ^a,b   Fernandez, Alicia ^a   Sudore, Rebecca ^a,c   Schillinger, Dean ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c SAN FRANCISCO VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Comprehension; Informed consent; Interpersonal communication; Intervention; Understanding

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPREHENSION; COMPUTER INTERFACE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; METHODOLOGY; MULTIMEDIA; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; READING; REVIEW; SURGERY; WRITING;

COMMUNICATION; COMPREHENSION; FEEDBACK; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; MULTIMEDIA; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; READING; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; WRITING;

EID: 79952599646     PISSN: 0272989X     EISSN: 1552681X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0272989X10364247     Document Type: Article

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