Connecticut medicine
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Connecticut medicine · Feb 2004
Informed consent for invasive medical procedures from the patient's perspective.
Written informed consent is not obtained uniformly for invasive medical procedures in critically ill patients across America. The general consent-to-treat is used by some institutions in lieu of separate, procedure-by-procedure consent. ⋯ The general consent-to-treat is not recalled well by hospitalized patients and is unlikely to suffice as informed consent for invasive medical procedures. A majority of patients do not want to have invasive procedures without first giving their informed consent.