PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Dowd, Steven B.
TI  - The Legal, Ethical and Therapeutic Advantages of Informed Consent
DP  - 1996 Jun 01
TA  - Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology
PG  - 129--131
VI  - 24
IP  - 2
4099  - http://tech.snmjournals.org/content/24/2/129.short
4100  - http://tech.snmjournals.org/content/24/2/129.full
SO  - J. Nucl. Med. Technol.1996 Jun 01; 24
AB  - This article summarizes the process of informed consent from its legal, ethical and therapeutic vantage points. Helping the patient understand procedures provides legal protection to the technologist, fulfills ethical duties and helps the patient by making the process of patient care therapeutic.