AAGBI: Consent for anaesthesia 2017: Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland

Anaesthesia

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 93-105

  Yentis, S M ^a   Hartle, A J ^b   Barker, I R ^b,c   Barker, P ^d   Bogod, D G ^e   Clutton Brock, T H ^f   Ruck Keene, A ^g   Leifer, S ^h   Naughton, A ⁱ   Plunkett, E ^j  

^a CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d NORFOLK AND NORWICH UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^h AAGBI Group of Anaesthetists in Training (GAT) Committee   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ AAGBI   (United Kingdom)

^j Birmingham School of Anaesthesia   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

anaesthesia; assessment; consent; medicolegal; pre operative

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA; ANESTHESIST; CHILD; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL AUDIT; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INTENSIVE CARE; IRELAND; LEGAL ASPECT; LETTER; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MINOR (PERSON); OBSTETRICS; PATIENT AUTONOMY; PATIENT INFORMATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROFESSIONALISM; RESEARCH ETHICS; STANDARD; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DOCUMENTATION; ETHICS; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; LIVING WILL; MENTAL CAPACITY; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; STANDARDS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADVANCE DIRECTIVES; ANESTHESIA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DISCLOSURE; DOCUMENTATION; ETHICS, MEDICAL; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; IRELAND; MENTAL COMPETENCY; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 85006257509     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: 13652044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/anae.13762     Document Type: Letter

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