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 |
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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: | 28 Aug 2021 23:21 |
URI: | http://eprints.hud.ac.uk/id/eprint/1793 |
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