Risk communication and informed consent in the medical tourism industry: A thematic content analysis of canadian broker websites

BMC Medical Ethics

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Penney, Kali ^a   Snyder, Jeremy ^b   Crooks, Valorie A ^b   Johnston, Rory ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; DECISION MAKING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHICS; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERNET; LANGUAGE; MEDICAL TOURISM; NOMENCLATURE; RISK; STANDARD;

CANADA; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DECISION MAKING; HEALTH CARE SECTOR; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERNET; LANGUAGE; MARKETING OF HEALTH SERVICES; MEDICAL TOURISM; RISK; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 80053350814     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6939-12-17     Document Type: Article

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