Varicose Vein Education and Informed coNsent (VVEIN) study: a randomised controlled pilot feasibility study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Doctors have a legal requirement and duty of care to ensure patients are enabled to make an informed decision about their treatment, including discussion of the benefits, risks and alternatives to a procedure. A patient-centred approach to consent has been firmly established in Ireland, and fundamental to this is the ability to engage in a dialogue that offers comprehensible information to patients. Telemedicine has revolutionised the way we can deliver care to patients in the modern era of computers, tablets, and smartphones, and its use has been rapidly expanded. Novel digital strategies to improve the informed consent process for surgical procedures have been increasingly under investigation over the last 10-15 years and may offer a low cost, accessible and tailored

SUBMITTER: Kiernan A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10286428 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature