Surgery without consent or miscommunication? A new look at a landmark legal case

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 212, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 586-590

  Chervenak, Judith ^a   McCullough, Laurence B ^b   Chervenak, Frank A ^c  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

consent; miscommunication; safety; Schloendorff

Indexed keywords

ANATOMIC LANDMARK; COURT; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC CARE; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LAPAROTOMY; LAW SUIT; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL HISTORY; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL SERVICE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT AUTONOMY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT RISK; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL DELEGATION; RESPONSIBILITY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL JUSTICE; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HISTORY; HYSTERECTOMY; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; PERSONAL AUTONOMY;

ANNIVERSARIES AND SPECIAL EVENTS; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; INFORMED CONSENT; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS;

EID: 84928817011     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: 10976868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2014.06.062     Document Type: Article

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