| Literature DB >> 25071875 |
Paolo Boffano1, Cesare Gallesio1, Massimiliano Garzaro2, Giancarlo Pecorari2.
Abstract
Historically, the patient-doctor relationship has been based on trust. Adequately informing a patient confirms this relationship and fulfills the legal obligation of the physician to inform the patient to the best of his knowledge. Informed consent is the process of providing patients with the realistic and necessary information in a manner which they can understand and recall and allows them voluntarily to make an informed choice on the treatment. In this article, the current knowledge about informed consent in orthognathic surgery is reviewed and discussed.Entities:
Keywords: informed consent; medico-legal; orthognathic surgery
Year: 2014 PMID: 25071875 PMCID: PMC4078181 DOI: 10.1055/s-0034-1371447
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Craniomaxillofac Trauma Reconstr ISSN: 1943-3875