Ethical and medico-legal implications of capacity of patients in geriatric surgery

Medicine, Science and the Law

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 166-171

  Terranova, Claudio ^a   Cardin, Fabrizio ^a   Di Pietra, Laura ^a   Zen, Margherita ^b   Bruttocao, Andrea ^a   Militello, Carmelo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Communication; Comprehension; Informed consent; Medico legal liability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887332065     PISSN: 00258024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0025802412473963     Document Type: Article

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