title: [Patient information duties in radiation oncology].
abstract: Patient information duties are a basic task of radiation oncologists in their daily practice. This article is essentially a factsheet on legal obligations, the value of written informed consent and information documents that ought to be given to patient.
authors.affiliation: Service de radiothérapie, institut Sainte-Catherine, 250, chemin de Baigne-Pieds, 84000 Avignon, France. Electronic address: n.pourel@isc84.org.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Pourel
authors.affiliation: Faculté de droit de Nancy, université de Lorraine, 13, place Carnot, 54000 Nancy, France.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Py
authors.affiliation: Service d'anesthésie-réanimation, hôpital européen Georges-Pompidou, 20, rue Leblanc, 75015 Paris, France.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Safran
mesh_terms: D000488:Allied Health Personnel; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D004282:Documentation; D017007:Duty to Warn / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D005602:France; D006805:Human Experimentation / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D006801:Humans; D007258:Informed Consent / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D008499:Medical Records; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000523:psychology / Q000532:radiotherapy; D010174:Pamphlets; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D028701:Patient Rights / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D010820:Physicians; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations; D018787:Radiation Oncology / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D011878:Radiotherapy / Q000009:adverse effects; D014342:Truth Disclosure
keywords: Information; Patient; Radiation oncology; Radiothérapie