To inform or not to inform: how should the surgeon proceed when the patient refuses to discuss surgical risk?
J Vasc Surg
.
2006 Jul;44(1):219-21.
doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2006.04.050.
Author
Lorraine F Corfield
1
Affiliation
1
Royal Sussex County Hospital, Brighton, UK.
PMID:
16828452
DOI:
10.1016/j.jvs.2006.04.050
No abstract available
Publication types
Case Reports
MeSH terms
Aged
Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / surgery
Ethics, Medical*
General Surgery / ethics*
Humans
Informed Consent / ethics*
Male
Personal Autonomy*
Physician-Patient Relations / ethics
Risk Assessment
Truth Disclosure