Low quality and lack of clarity of current informed consent forms in cardiology: How to improve them

JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 649-655

  Terranova, Giuseppina ^a   Ferro, Marcello ^b   Carpeggiani, Clara ^c   Recchia, Virginia ^c   Braga, Larissa ^d   Semelka, Richard C ^d   Picano, Eugenio ^c  

^a Azienda Sanitaria Locale Massa   (Italy)

^b CNR Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche   (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

bioethics; imaging risk communication; informed consent; patient rights

Indexed keywords

METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; TECHNETIUM 99M; THALLIUM 201;

ARTICLE; CARDIAC IMAGING; CARDIOLOGY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY STENT; DECISION MAKING; EVALUATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION; INFORMED CONSENT; LANGUAGE; LUNG SCINTISCANNING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; SCORING SYSTEM; STANDARD; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; WRITING;

ADULT; AGED; CARDIOLOGY; COMPREHENSION; CONSENT FORMS; FEMALE; FORMS AND RECORDS CONTROL; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; ITALY; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY CONTROL; WRITING;

EID: 84862196166     PISSN: 1936878X     EISSN: 18767591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2012.03.007     Document Type: Article

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