Improving informed consent in cardiac surgery by enhancing preoperative education

‘Informed consent’ refers to the process of providing patients with sufficient information that allows them to make a voluntary and informed decision whether to undergo or forego a procedure, provided that the information given is capable of being understood by the patient [1]. They need to be w ell informed to be able to participate in decision making as patients who are actively involved in their own health care experience better health outcomes while incurring lower healthcare costs [2–4].
Source: Patient Education and Counseling - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Tags: Review article Source Type: research