Health-care professionals' knowledge, attitudes and behaviours relating to patient capacity to consent to treatment: An integrative review

Nursing Ethics

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 684-707

  Lamont, Scott ^a   Jeon, Yun Hee ^b   Chiarella, Mary ^b  

^a PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

attitudes; competence; health knowledge; informed consent; Mental capacity; practice; treatment refusal

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ETHICS; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MENTAL CAPACITY; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ADVOCACY;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ETHICS, MEDICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; MENTAL COMPETENCY; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS;

EID: 84884128273     PISSN: 09697330     EISSN: 14770989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0969733012473011     Document Type: Review

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