The role of informed consent in risks recall in otorhinolaryngology surgeries: Verbal (nonintervention) vs written (intervention) summaries of risks

American Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 485-489

  Aremu, Shuaib Kayode ^a   Alabi, Biodun S ^a   Segun Busari, Segun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILORIN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIA COMPLICATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEARING LOSS; HOARSENESS; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; LARYNGOSCOPY; MALE; MASTOIDECTOMY; MAXILLA RESECTION; NASAL ADHESION; NASAL POLYPECTOMY; NOSE SURGERY; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECALL; RHINOTOMY; SURGICAL RISK; TISSUE ADHESION; TONSILLECTOMY; TYMPANOPLASTY; VERBAL INFORMED CONSENT; WRITTEN INFORMED CONSENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; COMPREHENSION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERVENTION STUDIES; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX FACTORS; TEACHING MATERIALS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80055031687     PISSN: 01960709     EISSN: 1532818X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjoto.2010.09.012     Document Type: Article

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