More Needs to Be Done During the Informed Consent Process

Retinal detachment is an emergency commonly encountered in ophthalmic practice. In this article, a reflection about the ethical implications surrounding the informed consent process of retinal detachment repair is presented. We look at how premade informed consent forms allow for a better patient un...

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Autor principal: Alfuzaie, Rashed
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2022
Materias:
Ophthalmology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8938223/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35371851
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.23346
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description Retinal detachment is an emergency commonly encountered in ophthalmic practice. In this article, a reflection about the ethical implications surrounding the informed consent process of retinal detachment repair is presented. We look at how premade informed consent forms allow for a better patient understanding of their condition, the procedure they are due to undergo, their postoperative course, and the potential complications they might face, hence potentially improving the overall outcome.
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spelling pubmed-89382232022-03-31 More Needs to Be Done During the Informed Consent Process Alfuzaie, Rashed Cureus Ophthalmology Retinal detachment is an emergency commonly encountered in ophthalmic practice. In this article, a reflection about the ethical implications surrounding the informed consent process of retinal detachment repair is presented. We look at how premade informed consent forms allow for a better patient understanding of their condition, the procedure they are due to undergo, their postoperative course, and the potential complications they might face, hence potentially improving the overall outcome. Cureus 2022-03-20 /pmc/articles/PMC8938223/ /pubmed/35371851 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.23346 Text en Copyright © 2022, Alfuzaie et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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title More Needs to Be Done During the Informed Consent Process
title_full More Needs to Be Done During the Informed Consent Process
title_fullStr More Needs to Be Done During the Informed Consent Process
title_full_unstemmed More Needs to Be Done During the Informed Consent Process
title_short More Needs to Be Done During the Informed Consent Process
title_sort more needs to be done during the informed consent process
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8938223/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35371851
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