ArticleJournal of family medicine and primary care2021
How informed is the informed consent?
Article in Journal of family medicine and primary care, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.
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9 citing papers in PubMed, 20 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Knowledge and associated factors of patients toward informed consent in obstetric and gynecologic surgical procedures at Debre Markos Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Ethiopia.Frontiers in surgery · 2025Article
- Risk, Revelation, and Reflection: A Personal Journey Through Ethics, Risk Literacy, and Informed Consent.Circulation. Cardiovascular quality and outcomes · 2024Article
- Integrating Machine Learning with Multi-Omics Technologies in Geroscience: Towards Personalized Medicine.Journal of personalized medicine · 2024Review
- Video Consensus and Radical Prostatectomy: The Way to Chase the Future?Journal of personalized medicine · 2023Article
- Pitfalls and Traps in the Surgical Evaluation of Patients with Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS).Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract · 2023Article
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5 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
backgroundInformed consent is a cornerstone of the ethics of modern medical care. In an ideal world, informed consent is a process of education - a conversation between a surgeon and a patient or family that allows the patient or family to make the best possible decision regarding care.
objectiveThe study was conducted with objectives of assessing information given to the patient before taking consent for surgery and determining the compliance to various contents of the consent forms. MATERIAL AND
methodsThis was a prospective study over a period of 12 weeks in wards of various surgical departments of a 1000+ bedded tertiary care hospital. Patient interviews were conducted to assess their level of information and the consent forms were reviewed to assess the compliance. OBSERVATIONS: The overall level of information r4egarding various aspects among the participants was 75.14%. The level of information varied statistically with age, literacy level, annual income and the type of surgery. All the patients (100%) stated that they were informed about the current clinical condition/ problem, while only 34% were informed about risk and 26% about the alternative options. All the forms (100%) had a statement regarding the explanation of procedure to the patient/ guardian and none of the forms (0%) contained names of all practitioners performing the procedure.
conclusionThere is need to create awareness among doctors and also to educate patients regarding the importance of informed consent.
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