| Autor: |
Ammal M Metwally, Hala A Amer, Hend I Salama, Safaa I Abd El Hady, Raefa R Alam, Ahmed Aboulghate, Hanan A Mohamed, Hanan M Badran, Amal A Saadallah, Marwa M El-Sonbaty, Eman Eltahlawy, Walaa Saad, Amira Mohsen, Ghada A Abdel-Latif, Asmaa M Fathy, Amal I Hassanain, Abdelmoneim Eldali |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Rok vydání: |
2021 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
PLoS ONE, Vol 16, Iss 6, p e0252996 (2021) |
| Druh dokumentu: |
article |
| ISSN: |
1932-6203 |
| DOI: |
10.1371/journal.pone.0252996 |
| Popis: |
BackgroundInformed consent (IC) is a healthcare standard emphasizing the meaning of human dignity as clarified in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Data about IC practices in Egypt is insufficient. This study aimed to assess the Egyptian patients'/guardians' experiences about IC and their expectations about its practices' purposes in general and according to the type of the healthcare facility.MethodsSelf-administered questionnaire was carried out for 1092 participants who had undergone or were scheduled to a procedure requiring an IC at three studied types for Egyptian health care facilities. Ten statements were ranked twice by the participants to reflect their perception of IC purpose as per what is currently practiced and what they believe should be practiced.ResultsIC implementation varies significantly (pConclusionThe practice of IC is common within the Egyptian medical community. Participants believe that information disclosure "Making sure patients understand" has to help in IC decision making and its main purpose. However, unfortunately, this is not perceived as a current purpose of IC. There was consensus agreement that documenting the patient's/guardian's decision and informing the patient/guardian are perceived as both important current and preferred purposes for IC practices. |
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