Open AccessDisclosure of Individual Surgeon's Performance Rates During Informed Consent
Author(s) -
Ingrid Burger,
Kathryn E. Schill,
Steven N. Goodman
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
annals of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.153
H-Index - 309
eISSN - 1528-1140
pISSN - 0003-4932
DOI - 10.1097/01.sla.0000242713.82125.d1
Subject(s) - medicine , informed consent , medline , general surgery , surgery , law , alternative medicine , pathology , political science
The purpose of the paper is to examine the ethical arguments for and against disclosing surgeon-specific performance rates to patients during informed consent, and to examine the challenges that generating and using performance rates entail.