Patients' refusal of recommended treatment

International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 131, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 105-108

  Dickens, Bernard M ^a   Cook, Rebecca J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Capacity for treatment decisions; Children's and adolescents' consent; Consent to treatment; Guardians' decisions for dependents; Informed consent refusal; Pregnant women's treatment decisions; Refusal of recommended treatment

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LEGAL GUARDIAN; MINOR (PERSON); PATIENT CARE; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PATIENT RIGHT; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT REFUSAL; CHILD; DECISION MAKING; ETHICS; FEMALE; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; PREGNANCY; RELIGION;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; DECISION MAKING; DISCLOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; LEGAL GUARDIANS; PREGNANCY; RELIGION AND MEDICINE; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

EID: 84944150990     PISSN: 00207292     EISSN: 18793479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijgo.2015.07.001     Document Type: Article

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