Surgical patients who take part in a longer discussion of informed consent—15 to 30 minutes—understand their proposed operation better than those who have shorter discussions, according to a report in the June 2010 Journal of the American College of Surgeons.
A large Chicago-area health system has built a clearer, more…
The principles of informed consent are well known—patients have the…
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has eliminated…