Informed consent: the view from the trenches

Ann R Coll Surg Engl. 2019 Jan;101(1):44-49. doi: 10.1308/rcsann.2018.0140. Epub 2018 Oct 5.

Abstract

We review some of the recent literature on consent for surgical procedures and suggest a scheme for obtaining surgical consent.

Keywords: Consent forms; Informed consent; Operative surgical procedures; Risk; Surgeons.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Emergency Treatment / ethics
  • Forms as Topic
  • Humans
  • Informed Consent*
  • Surgical Procedures, Operative / ethics*
  • Surgical Procedures, Operative / methods