Informed consent in obstetric anesthesia

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 112, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 912-915

  Broaddus, Brian M ^a   Chandrasekhar, Shobana ^b  

^a Anesthesia Associates   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; ADVERSE OUTCOME; ARTICLE; FAMILY PLANNING; FIRST AID; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; LABOR PAIN; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL LIABILITY; MORBIDITY; MOTHER FETUS RELATIONSHIP; OBSTETRIC ANESTHESIA; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 79953186537     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/ANE.0b013e31820e777a     Document Type: Review

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