Language Use in the Informed Consent Discussion for Emergency Procedures

Teaching and Learning in Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 315-320

  McCarthy, Danielle M ^a   Leone, Katrina A ^a   Salzman, David H ^a   Vozenilek, John A ^a   Cameron, Kenzie A ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; CURRICULUM; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ETHICS; EVALUATION; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; LANGUAGE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT EDUCATION; READING; RECORDING; TEACHING;

COMPREHENSION; CURRICULUM; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; LANGUAGE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PATIENT SIMULATION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; READING; TAPE RECORDING;

EID: 84867227348     PISSN: 10401334     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10401334.2012.715257     Document Type: Article

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