Informed consent process for emergency surgery: A scoping review of stakeholders' perspectives, challenges, ethical concepts, and policies.

ABSTRACT:

Background

A scoping review of literature about the informed consent process for emergency surgery from the perspectives of the patients, next of kin, emergency staff, and available guiding policies.

Objectives

To provide an overview of the informed consent process for emergency surgery; the challenges that arise from the perspectives of the patients, emergency staff, and next of kin; policies that guide informed consent for emergency surgery; and to identify any knowledge gaps that could guide further inquiry in this area.

Methods

We searched Google Scholar, PubMed/MEDLINE databases as well as Sheridan Libraries and Welch Medical Library from 1990 to 2021. We included journal articles published in English and excluded non-peer-reviewed journal articles, unpublished m

SUBMITTER: Kituuka O 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10285587 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature