Survey of the Informed Consent for the Anesthesia Practice in Korea.
10.4097/kjae.2005.48.2.117
- Author:
Ji Yeon SIM
1
;
Donguk KIM
;
Jeong Rim LEE
;
Wonsik AHN
Author Information
1. Department of Anesthesiology, College of Medicine, University of Ulsan, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
informed consent;
jurisprudence;
patient rights;
preoperative visit
- MeSH:
Anesthesia*;
Humans;
Informed Consent*;
Jurisprudence;
Korea*;
Patient Rights
- From:Korean Journal of Anesthesiology
2005;48(2):117-123
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
BACKGROUND: All medical conduct should be practiced under the permission of patients or guardians. Because anesthetic procedures have high risk, every anesthesia practice is done under verbal and/or written consent. However, collecting anesthetic permission is not common in Korean medical anesthesiologists. The purpose of this article is to survey current anesthetic status and to provide some suggestions. METHODS: We had given questionnaire sheet to anesthesiologists participating in an annual meeting of the Korean Society of anesthesiologists. It included the percentage of receiving the anesthetic consent, the reasons why they received the informed consent or not, and the conditions to improve to receive it. RESULTS: The total number of responded anesthesiologists was 187. More than half of the responders had received the informed consents from less than 25% of their patients. And only thirty percent of them had taken the consents from more than 75% of their patients. To increase this rate, they replied, it is needed to strengthen the legal validity of the consent and to improve working conditions. CONCLUSIONS: The rate of receiving the informed consent is very low for the anesthesia practice in Korea. There are some procedures that are needed to improve the current situation so that anesthesiologists can provide better quality to the patients.
