The patient and clinician experience of informed consent for surgery: a systematic review of the qualitative evidence.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Informed consent is an integral component of good medical practice. Many researchers have investigated measures to improve the quality of informed consent, but it is not clear which techniques work best and why. To address this problem, we propose developing a core outcome set (COS) to evaluate interventions designed to improve the consent process for surgery in adult patients with capacity. Part of this process involves reviewing existing research that has reported what is important to patients and doctors in the informed consent process.

Methods

This qualitative synthesis comprises four phases: identification of published papers and determining their relevance; appraisal of the quality of the papers; identification and summary of the key findings from each paper

SUBMITTER: Convie LJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7353438 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature