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. 1990 Oct;35(5):308-10.

Informed consent: can we educate patients?

G Askew  1 , K W Pearson, D Cryer
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  • PMID: 2283610

Informed consent: can we educate patients?

G Askew et al. J R Coll Surg Edinb. 1990 Oct.

Abstract

Previous reports have shown consent to be 'short' of informed in many cases. One hundred patients, including a control group, were interviewed between 2 and 7 days after their operations. Those given an information sheet before the operation had a better recall of their operations than the controls, the overall awareness being 97 and 69% respectively. This may have medico-legal implications but further studies are required.

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