Liability and Informed Consent in the Context of Shared Decision Making

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2016, Pages 1428-1433

  Lindor, Rachel A ^a   Kunneman, Marleen ^a,b   Hanzel, Matt ^a   Schuur, Jeremiah D ^c   Montori, Victor M ^a   Sadosty, Annie T ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INFORMED CONSENT; INVASIVE PROCEDURE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL LIABILITY; PATIENT SELECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHARED DECISION MAKING; DECISION MAKING; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE; LEGAL LIABILITY; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; RISK;

DECISION MAKING; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; LIABILITY, LEGAL; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; RISK;

EID: 85002376201     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: 15532712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/acem.13078     Document Type: Article

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