Preoperative consent for patients with limited English proficiency.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Informed consent is important for limited English proficient (LEP) patients undergoing surgery, as many surgical procedures are complicated, making patient comprehension difficult even without language barriers. The study objectives were to (1) understand surgeons' preoperative consenting process with LEP patients, (2) examine how surgeons self assess their non-English language proficiency levels using a standardized scale, and (3) identify the relationship between self assessed non-English language proficiency and surgeons' self-reported use of interpreters during preoperative informed consent.

Materials and methods

A thirty-two item survey assessing surgeons' reported preoperative informed consent process, with questions related to demographics, level of medical

SUBMITTER: Patel DN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4691361 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature