How informed is informed consent?-Evaluating the quality of informed consent among surgical patients in a tertiary care hospital in Nepal.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Informed consent-taking is a part of clinical practice that has ethical and legal aspects attached to it. This protects the autonomy of the patients by providing complete information regarding the rationale, modality, potential risks, benefits, and alternatives of the planned procedure to the patients. This enables the patients to make the right decision for themselves and their care. This study aims to find out if the informed consent-taking process has ensured the active participation of the patients or the next of kin in the decision-making.

Materials and methods

This is a prospective cross-sectional study conducted in a military healthcare institution among patients undergoing major surgical procedures from July 2022 to October 2022. Ethical clearance was obta

SUBMITTER: Basukala S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10332608 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature