Informed consent in trauma: Does written information improve patient recall of risks? A prospective randomised study

Injury

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1534-1538

  Smith, Hannah K ^a   Manjaly, Joseph G ^a   Yousri, Taher ^a   Upadhyay, Neil ^a   Taylor, Hazel ^b   Nicol, Stephen G ^a   Livingstone, James A ^a  

^a BRISTOL ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BRISTOL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Good medical practice; Informed consent; Patient information; Trauma surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECALL; RISK ASSESSMENT; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; WRITTEN LANGUAGE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMPREHENSION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; JURISPRUDENCE; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864279333     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: 18790267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2011.06.419     Document Type: Article

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