Comprehensibility of patient consent forms for radiation therapy of cervical cancer

Gynecologic Oncology

Volumn 125, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 600-603

  MacDougall, Deborah Skinner ^a   Connor, Ulla M ^a   Johnstone, Peter A S ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Health literacy; Health services research; Linguistics

Indexed keywords

CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; COMPREHENSION; CONFERENCE PAPER; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; GYNECOLOGIC CANCER; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; IONIZING RADIATION; LINGUISTICS; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

BRACHYTHERAPY; CONSENT FORMS; FEMALE; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMANS; NEOPLASM STAGING; RADIOTHERAPY; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84861196703     PISSN: 00908258     EISSN: 10956859     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2012.02.030     Document Type: Conference Paper

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