The practice of consenting to electroconvulsive therapy in the European Union

Journal of ECT

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 4-6

  Gazdag, Gábor ^a   Takács, Rozália ^b   Ungvari, Gabor S ^c   Sienaert, Pascal ^d  

^a Szent Istvan and Szent Laszlo Hospitals   (Hungary)

^b SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

electroconvulsive therapy; European Union; informed consent

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; CUSTODY; DENMARK; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; EUROPEAN UNION; FINLAND; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; IRELAND; ITALY; LATVIA; LEGAL ASPECT; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; NORWAY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSYCHIATRIC TREATMENT; SLOVAKIA; SWEDEN; SWITZERLAND; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

CONSENT FORMS; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; ELECTRONIC MAIL; EUROPEAN UNION; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; NORWAY; SWITZERLAND; THIRD-PARTY CONSENT;

EID: 84857821918     PISSN: 10950680     EISSN: 15334112     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/YCT.0b013e318223c63c     Document Type: Article

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