Applied Nursing Research
Volume 24, Issue 4 , Pages 276-280 , November 2011

Perceptions of informed consent for care practices: hospitalized patients and nurses

Received 31 October 2009 ,Revised 10 December 2009 ,Accepted 16 December 2009.

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 Author note: Rouhangiz Mahjoub, RN, MSN, Staff Nurse, Mission Hospital, Mission Viejo, CA; (Graduate student at California State University Fullerton, at the time of the study.) Dana N. Rutledge, RN, PHD, Professor of Nursing, California State University, Fullerton; Nursing Research Facilitator, St. Joseph Hospital, Orange CA.

PII: S0897-1897(09)00128-1

doi: 10.1016/j.apnr.2009.12.001

Applied Nursing Research
Volume 24, Issue 4 , Pages 276-280 , November 2011