Many patients may not understand consent forms

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David D Pothier. BMJ. 2005.

. 2005 May 14;330(7500):1151.

doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7500.1151-b.

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Incomprehensible consent forms: child friendly consent forms lead the way.
Curtis K, Roberts H. Curtis K, et al. BMJ. 2005 Jun 18;330(7505):1450. doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7505.1450-a. BMJ. 2005. PMID: 15961835 Free PMC article. No abstract available.
Incomprehensible consent forms: plain English is important.
Dingwall R. Dingwall R. BMJ. 2005 Jun 18;330(7505):1450. doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7505.1450. BMJ. 2005. PMID: 15961836 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

A feasibility study of signed consent for the collection of patient identifiable information for a national paediatric clinical audit database.
McKinney PA, Jones S, Parslow R, Davey N, Darowski M, Chaudhry B, Stack C, Parry G, Draper ES; PICANet Consent Study Group. McKinney PA, et al. BMJ. 2005 Apr 16;330(7496):877-9. doi: 10.1136/bmj.38404.650208.AE. Epub 2005 Mar 18. BMJ. 2005. PMID: 15778230 Free PMC article.

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