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| Title |
Informed consent practices for surgical care at university teaching hospitals: a case in a low resource setting
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|---|---|
| Published in |
BMC Medical Ethics, May 2014
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| DOI | 10.1186/1472-6939-15-40 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Joseph Ochieng, Charles Ibingira, William Buwembo, Ian Munabi, Haruna Kiryowa, David Kitara, Paul Bukuluki, Gabriel Nzarubara, Erisa Mwaka |
| Abstract |
Informed consent in medical practice is essential and a global standard that should be sought at all the times doctors interact with patients. Its intensity would vary depending on the invasiveness and risks associated with the anticipated treatment. To our knowledge there has not been any systematic review of consent practices to document best practices and identify areas that need improvement in our setting. The objective of the study was to evaluate the informed consent practices of surgeons at University teaching Hospitals in a low resource setting. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 7 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 2 | 29% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 14% |
| Unknown | 4 | 57% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 3 | 43% |
| Members of the public | 2 | 29% |
| Scientists | 2 | 29% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 128 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Canada | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 127 | 99% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 20 | 16% |
| Student > Master | 16 | 13% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 14 | 11% |
| Researcher | 10 | 8% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 10 | 8% |
| Other | 22 | 17% |
| Unknown | 36 | 28% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 55 | 43% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 14 | 11% |
| Social Sciences | 3 | 2% |
| Business, Management and Accounting | 2 | 2% |
| Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine | 2 | 2% |
| Other | 8 | 6% |
| Unknown | 44 | 34% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 13. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 24 July 2014.
All research outputs
#2,616,499
of 24,692,658 outputs
Outputs from BMC Medical Ethics
#273
of 1,064 outputs
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#25,945
of 232,227 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Medical Ethics
#8
of 23 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 24,692,658 research outputs across all sources so far. Compared to these this one has done well and is in the 89th percentile: it's in the top 25% of all research outputs ever tracked by Altmetric.
So far Altmetric has tracked 1,064 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 14.9. This one has gotten more attention than average, scoring higher than 74% of its peers.
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