Informed Consent in Pediatric Surgery

Informed consent in pediatric surgery: Do parents understand the risks?

OBJECTIVE To investigate parent understanding of the risks of pediatric ear, nose, and throat surgery after counseling with and without the use of informational aids. DESIGN Prospective, randomized trial. SETTING Academic tertiary care center. PARTICIPANTS Parents of children undergoing ear, nose, and throat surgery. INTERVENTIONS Parents were randomized to receive standard informed con...

Informed consent in pediatric practice.

Informed consent is a communication process of providing the patient/parents/guardians with relevant information regarding the treatment and the diagnosis, so that they can make informed decisions. The process of informed consent in pediatric patients is not well understood. The amount of information to be disclosed in an informed consent is a matter of debate. There are four basic elements to ...

Informed consent for brain surgery.

Informed consent for penile prosthesis surgery

Adherence to Informed Consent Standards in Shiraz Hospitals: Matrons Perspective

Background Informed consent is an important part of the patients’ rights and hospitals are assigned to obtain informed consent before any diagnostic or therapeutic procedures. Obtaining an informed consent enables patients to accept or reject their care or treatments and prevent future contentions among patients and medical staff.   Methods This survey was carried out during 2011-2. We assessed...