An audit on consent- risk disclosure in thoracic surgery
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Background/Introduction The law on consent is continuously evolving as there is no statue in British law relating to consent. Instead this relies on common or case law. The recent case of Montgomery vs NHS Lanarkshire has change the consent law with relation to the disclosure of information. It is now recommended that we as surgeons should disclose risks that an average patient would want to know. In modern surgical practice consent should be viewed as a continuous process involving an honest and open discussion and should take into consideration the patient’s rights, values and choices.
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