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Doctoral thesis UMU stresses the importance of informed consent (07/11/2016)

A doctoral thesis at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Murcia (UMU) by Antonio Pérez Carrión, who has obtained excellent cum laude, stressed the importance of informed consent and the need for the patients are supplied sufficient time everything related to their diagnosis.

To do this research on communication and quality of information between health professionals and their patients, the author took into account the data collected in the survey of nearly 2,200 professionals.

These views, as reflected in the doctoral thesis show that the majority of professionals surveyed considered optimal communication process and patient involvement in decision making is crucial in the context of the clinical setting.

The responses have also allowed to know that a prominent participant in the survey percentage believes that patients are unaware relevant aspects of their care and have a great importance in the decision-making process.

As weakness, the study also indicated in its conclusions that it has detected that sometimes, for various reasons, the information does not reach the patient in good time.

The doctoral thesis was supervised by professors of the UMU Domingo Pérez Flores, Eduardo Osuna Carrillo de Albornoz and Francisco Machado Linde.

Source: Universidad de Murcia

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