Women's Experience of the Consent Process to Planned Caesarean Section and Its Surgical Risk: A Qualitative Study
The consent process for planned CS was found to lack appropriate and full risk disclosure. Risk disclosure was ill-timed or deficient in facilitating women's understanding of risks reflecting a consent process which does not meet legal and professional standards of informed consent.
Authors
- Katherine Maslowski (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2896-7443)
- Jacqueline Nicholls (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5482-7973)
- Anne Lanceley (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9143-9710)
- Melissa Whitten
- Malathy Nithiyananthan
Institutions
- University College Hospital (GB)
- University College London (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BJOG An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology
- Published
- 2024-12-25
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1111/1471-0528.18049
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.70