What constitutes consent when parents and daughters have different views about having the HPV vaccine: Qualitative interviews with stakeholders

Journal of Medical Ethics

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 466-471

  Wood, Fiona ^a   Morris, Lucy ^a   Davies, Myfanwy ^a   Elwyn, Glyn ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WART VIRUS VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DECISION MAKING; ETHICS; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTION; PARENTAL CONSENT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR;

ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMUNICATION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT BY MINORS; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; PAPILLOMAVIRUS VACCINES; PARENTAL CONSENT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 80052407856     PISSN: 03066800     EISSN: 14734257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jme.2010.038562     Document Type: Article

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