An audit of the knowledge and attitudes of doctors towards Surgical Informed Consent (SIC)

International Journal of Health Policy and Management

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 315-321

  Ashraf, Bushra ^a   Tasnim, Nasira ^a   Saaiq, Muhammad ^a   Uz Zaman, Khaleeq ^a  

^a SHAHEED ZULFIQAR ALI BHUTTO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Consent; Nocebo effect of informed consent; Surgery; Surgical Informed Consent (SIC)

Indexed keywords

EID: 85002179368     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23225939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15171/ijhpm.2014.109     Document Type: Article

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