Shashi Shankar Sharma
Department of Pediatric Surgery, MGM Medical College, Indore, IndiaPublications
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Research Article
Prior Informed Consent for Surgery in Children: Cross Sectional Study of Understanding and Recall of Risks by Parents and Guardians and Review of Relevant Medico Legal Literature
Author(s): Manoj Joshi, Ram Mohan Shukla, Dileep Garg, Maneesh Kumar Joleya*, Pooja Tiwari, Vinod Raj, Shashi Shankar Sharma, Ashok K Laddha and Brijesh K Lahoti
Introduction: In medical fraternity, all doctors, either physician or surgeon, do have ethical and legal duty, to take Informed Consent (IC) before any diagnostic or therapeutic procedure. Information to patient should be adequate enough to decide him voluntarily about taking or refusing treatment or procedure. Materials and methods: This prospective longitudinal observational study was carried out at a tertiary care teaching hospital. Study period was 5 months from November 2020 to March 2021. Due to ongoing pandemic, the numbers of emergency as well as non- emergency cases were low. However, a total of 54 children (n=54) as surgical patients of minor age group were included in study. Results: Out of total 54 patients, complete understanding score of 12 was achieved by 20.3% (n=11). Incomplete .. Read More»