How informed is consent? understanding of pictorial and verbal probability information by medical inpatients

Fuller, Richard, Dudley, Nigel and Blacktop, Jon (2002) How informed is consent? understanding of pictorial and verbal probability information by medical inpatients. Postgraduate medical journal, 78. pp. 543-544. ISSN 0032-5473

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Abstract

Understanding probability information about treatment risks and benefits is a vital component of patients’ decision making capacity. This study demonstrates extensive misunderstanding of verbal descriptions of probability by medical inpatients of all ages, questioning the extent of their capacity for giving informed consent. Pictorial descriptions of probability were well understood, suggesting their adoption into clinical practice.

Item Type:	Article
Subjects:	R Medicine > R Medicine (General)
Schools:	School of Human and Health Sciences School of Human and Health Sciences > Centre for Applied Childhood Studies
Depositing User:	Cherry Edmunds
Date Deposited:	10 Sep 2008 08:50
Last Modified:	07 Dec 2016 18:32
URI:	http://eprints.hud.ac.uk/id/eprint/1793

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