S P Stallings1, J E Paling. 1. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC 27157-1066, USA.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: The Paling Perspective Scale, a means of communicating risk in various settings, has been applied to diverse fields such as nuclear power, blood banking, and ophthalmology. TECHNIQUE: Statistics of risk for various events in obstetrics and gynecology were collected from the literature and directly applied to the risk scale. EXPERIENCE: The graphic simplicity and versatility of this scale make it adaptable for communicating risks to people of different technical and educational backgrounds. CONCLUSION: The Paling Perspective Scale might help obstetrician-gynecologists obtain informed consent for surgery, genetic counseling, and other topics.
BACKGROUND: The Paling Perspective Scale, a means of communicating risk in various settings, has been applied to diverse fields such as nuclear power, blood banking, and ophthalmology. TECHNIQUE: Statistics of risk for various events in obstetrics and gynecology were collected from the literature and directly applied to the risk scale. EXPERIENCE: The graphic simplicity and versatility of this scale make it adaptable for communicating risks to people of different technical and educational backgrounds. CONCLUSION: The Paling Perspective Scale might help obstetrician-gynecologists obtain informed consent for surgery, genetic counseling, and other topics.
Authors: Jennifer N Eichmeyer; Hope Northrup; Michael A Assel; Thomas J Goka; Dennis A Johnston; Aimee Tucker Williams Journal: J Genet Couns Date: 2005-08 Impact factor: 2.537