Informed consent for middle ear operations: A United Kingdom survey

Clinical Otolaryngology and Allied Sciences

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 91-99

  Saravanappa, N ^a   Balfour, A ^a   Bowdler, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL LEWISHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Consent; Informed consent; Middle ear operations; Otological surgery

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONFERENCE PAPER; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; HEALTH SURVEY; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MIDDLE EAR SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED KINGDOM;

EAR, MIDDLE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; MEDICAL AUDIT; OTOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0037398259     PISSN: 03077772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2273.2003.00671.x     Document Type: Article

References (36)

1. HEALTH SERVICE CIRCULAR HSC2001/023. (2001) Good practice in consent achieving the NHS Plan commitment to patient-centred consent practice (Issue date 22/11/01) http://www.doh.gov.uk/consent
2. HARKNESS P., BROWN P., FOWLER S. et al. (1995) Mastoidectomy audit: results of the Royal College of Surgeons of England comparative audit of ENT surgery. Clin. Otolaryngol. 20, 89-94
3. HARKNESS P., BROWN S., FOWLER S. et al. (1995) A confidential comparative audit of stapedectomies: results of the Royal College of Surgeons of England comparative audit of ENT surgery. J. Laryngol. Otol. 109, 317-319
4. KOTECHA B., FOWLER S. & TOPHAM J. (1999) Myringoplasty: a prospective audit study. Clin. Otolaryngol. 24, 126-129
5. DAWES P.J.D. (1999) Early complications of surgery for chronic otitis media. J. Laryngol. Otol. 113, 803-810
6. LEIGHTON S.E.J., ROBSON A.K. & FREELAND A.P. (1991) Audit of stapedectomy results in a teaching hospital. Clin. Otolaryngol. 16, 488-492
7. SHEA JR, J.J. & GE X. (2001) Delayed facial palsy after stapedectomy. Otol. Neurotol. 22, 465-470
8. NG M. & MACERI D.R. (1999) Delayed facial paralysis after stapedectomy using KTP laser. Am. J. Otol. 20, 421-424
9. HOUGHTON D.J., WILLIAMS S., BENNET J.D. et al. (1997) Informed consent: patients' and junior doctors' perceptions of the consent procedure. Clin. Otolaryngol. 22, 515-518
10. GENERAL MEDICAL COUNCIL (1998) Seeking patients' consent: the ethical considerations.
11. BRITISH MEDICAL ASSOCIATION (2001) Consent tool kit, pp. 5-6
12. DAWES P.J.D. & KITCHER E. (1999) Informed consent: British otolaryngologists surveyed. Clin. Otolaryngol. 24, 198-207
13. DAWES P.J.D. (1994) Informed consent: questionnaire survey of British otolaryngologists. Clin. Otolaryngol. 19, 388-393
14. MULCAHY D., CUNNINGHAM K., MCCORMACK D. et al. (1997) Informed consent for whom? J. Roy. Coll. Surg. Edin. 42, 161-164
15. SOIN B., THOMSON H.J. & SMELLIE W.A. (1993) Informed consent: a case for more education of the surgical team. Ann. Roy. Coll. Surg. Engl. 75, 62-65
16. BRITISH MEDICAL ASSOCIATION (2001) Report of the consent working party recommendations 11,12 & 16. http://www.bma.org.uk
17. KENNEDY I. & GRUBB A. (1998) Consent to treatment: the competent patient. In: Principles of Medical Law, pp. 109-179. Oxford University Press, Oxford
18. BOLAM VERSUS FRIERN HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE (1957) 1 WLR 582
19. CHATTERTON VERSUS GERSON (1981) 1 All ER 257
20. SIDAWAY VERSUS BETHLAM ROYAL HOSPITAL (1985) 2 WLR 480
21. BOLITHO VERSUS CITY AND HACKNEY HEALTH AUTHORITY (1992) 13 BMLR 111
22. SMITH VERSUS TUNBRIDGE WELLS HEALTH AUTHORITY (1994) 5 Medical LR 334
23. SHARP H.R., CRUTCHFIELD L., ROWE-JONES J.M. et al. (2001) Major complications and consent prior to endoscopic sinus surgery. Clin. Otolaryngol. 26, 33-38
24. WORMALD P.J. (1996) Pre-operative information in mastoidectomy: what about the facial nerve and hearing loss? J. Laryngol. Otol. 110, 10-12
25. SKENE L. & SMALLWOOD R. (2002) Informed consent: lessons from Australia. BMJ. 324, 39-41
26. WRIGHT A. (1995) Consent for major ear surgery. Standards of current practice. Cardiff law school, Cardiff
27. LUND V.J., WRIGHT A. & YIOTAKIS J. (1997) Complications and medicolegal aspects of endoscopic sinus surgery. J. R. Soc. Med. 90, 422-428
28. SCHURING A.G. (1988) An otologic informed consent. Am. J. Otol. 9, 243-245
29. KUBBA H. (2000) Reading skills of otolaryngology outpatients: implications for information provision. J. Laryngol. Otol. 114, 694-696
30. ROSE R.M. & ROSENBLUM J. (1983) Medicolegal otology. Am. J. Otol. 4, 251-254
31. MARAN A.G.D. (1990) Informed consent in head and neck surgery. Clin. Otolaryngol. 15, 293-298
32. KALTER P.O. & BAAN BVAN DER VUYK H. (1995) Medicolegal aspects of otolaryngologic, facial plastic, and reconstructive surgery. Facial Plast. Surg. 11, 105-110
33. CHERRY J. & WEIR R. (2000) Medicolegal and ethical aspects of ORL-HNS in the new millennium. J. Laryngol. Otol. 114, 737-740
34. MCHALE J., FOX M. & MURPHY J. (1997) Professional accountability - I. In: Health Care Law: Text, Cases and Materials, pp 153. Sweet and Maxwell, London
35. COWAN P.J. (1997) The role of the clinical negligence scheme for Trusts. In: Benchmarking Your Clinical Risk Management Strategy. IBC UK Conferences Ltd, London
36. MCILWAIN J.C. (1999) Clinical risk management: principles of consent and patient information. Clin. Otolaryngol. 24, 255-261