Female Patients and Informed Consent: Oman’s cultural background

Female patients in Oman face a certain amount of pressure from their families when making high-stakes decisions regarding personal healthcare. In fact, some women waive their right to make decisions, typically giving that responsibility to their husbands or fathers. This article highlights the need...

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Autor principal: Al Balushi, Amal A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal, College of Medicine & Health Sciences 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6544061/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31198589
http://dx.doi.org/10.18295/squmj.2019.19.01.003
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description Female patients in Oman face a certain amount of pressure from their families when making high-stakes decisions regarding personal healthcare. In fact, some women waive their right to make decisions, typically giving that responsibility to their husbands or fathers. This article highlights the need to empower females in decision-making when it comes to their own well-being. Moreover, informed consent should not be signed by anyone but the patient herself if the patient is deemed competent by a medical professional.
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spelling pubmed-65440612019-06-13 Female Patients and Informed Consent: Oman’s cultural background Al Balushi, Amal A. Sultan Qaboos Univ Med J Sounding Board Female patients in Oman face a certain amount of pressure from their families when making high-stakes decisions regarding personal healthcare. In fact, some women waive their right to make decisions, typically giving that responsibility to their husbands or fathers. This article highlights the need to empower females in decision-making when it comes to their own well-being. Moreover, informed consent should not be signed by anyone but the patient herself if the patient is deemed competent by a medical professional. Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal, College of Medicine & Health Sciences 2019-02 2019-05-30 /pmc/articles/PMC6544061/ /pubmed/31198589 http://dx.doi.org/10.18295/squmj.2019.19.01.003 Text en © Copyright 2019, Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal, All Rights Reserved This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/) .
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