Improving surgical informed consent in obstetric and gynaecologic surgeries in a teaching hospital in Ethiopia: a before and after study Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde
Objectives: Even though surgical informed consent (SIC) has marked benefits, in many settings the information is not provided appropriately. In Ethiopia, minimal attention is given to SIC. This study assesses whether an intervention designed to improve SIC in obstetric and gynaecologic surgeries is associated with receipt of SIC components.
Design: Pre-intervention and post-intervention surveys were conducted at Hawassa University ...