Should Informed Consent for Cancer Treatment Include a Discussion about Hospital Outcome Disparities?
Open Access
- 21 October 2008
- journal article
- editorial
- Published by Public Library of Science (PLoS) in PLOS Medicine
- Vol. 5 (10) , e214-1417
Abstract
Several studies have found disparities in the outcome of medical procedures across different hospitals—better outcomes have been associated with higher procedure volume. An Institute of Medicine workshop found such a “volume–outcome relationship” for two types of cancer surgery: resection of the pancreas and esophagus (http://www.iom.edu/?id=31508). This debate examines whether physicians have an ethical obligation to inform patients of hospital outcome disparities for these cancers.Keywords
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