5 things doctors now need to include in informed consent
Pandemic-related factors must be discussed with patients, US surgeons say
Doctors gaining surgical consent from patients for procedures in the COVID-19 era need to consider additional pandemic-related factors, US surgeons say.
The risk of infection with SARS-CoV-2 is among five key items that should be part of informed consent for elective procedures, according to the report in the Annals of Surgery.
