Informed consent: recall by patients tested postoperatively.
When tested for recall between 4 and 6 months following operation, 20 patients failed to remember accurately major portions of their informed consent interview. Documentation of the details of consent in the clinical record is considered advisable.
D030881:Disclosure; D006801:Humans; D007258:Informed Consent; D008499:Medical Records; D008568:Memory; D011939:Mental Recall; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D018570:Risk Assessment; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative; D013997:Time Factors