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ReviewWorld journal of surgery2014

The extent of surgical patients' understanding.

Omar Talhouk Pugliese, Juan Lombardi Solari, Alberto R Ferreres

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Review in World journal of surgery, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

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  3. Pediatric hydrocephalus outcomes in Lusaka, Zambia.Journal of neurosurgery. Pediatrics · 2020
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Omar Talhouk PuglieseDepartment of General and Digestive Surgery, Hospital del Salvador, University of Chile School of Medicine, Santiago, Chile.
Juan Lombardi Solari
Alberto R Ferreres

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The notion that consent to surgery must be informed implies not only that information should be provided by the surgeon but also that the information should be understood by the patient in order to give a foundation to his or her decision to accept or refuse treatment and thus, achieve autonomy for the patient. Nonetheless, this seems to be an idyllic situation, since most patients do not fully understand the facts offered and thus the process of surgical informed consent, as well as the patient's autonomy, may be jeopardized. Informed consent does not always mean rational consent.

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ComprehensionCommunication BarriersGeneral SurgeryHealth Knowledge, Attitudes, PracticeHealth LiteracyHumansInformed ConsentPatient Education as TopicPhysician-Patient RelationsSurgeons

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