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OBJECTIVE: To examine patients' individual requirements for risk disclosure before surgery. DESIGN: Structured interview and questionnaire. SETTING: 50 patients interviewed following coronary artery bypass grafting or valve replacement or repair. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Patient assessment of the nature and probability of risks they would have wished to be informed of from a pool comprising death and 13 postoperative complications. RESULTS: Out of 50 patients, 21 (42%) wanted no risk informatio...
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- 10.1136/heart.86.6.626
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- Journal:
- Heart (British Cardiac Society)
- Volume:
- 86
- Issue:
- 6
- Pages:
- 626-631
- Publication date:
- 2001-12-05
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1468-201X
- ISSN:
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1355-6037
- URN:
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uuid:fcd27b3e-f2a8-402f-aade-9519a7814d89
- Source identifiers:
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450584
- Local pid:
- pubs:450584
- Copyright date:
- 2001
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Risks of elective cardiac surgery: what do patients want to know?
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