1.In Search of a Way of Obtaining Informed Consent Inpatients' Replies to a Qestionnaire on Medical Care.
Tokuko Ito ; Michiko Migiya ; Ayako Konda ; Kyoko Matsui ; Keiko Sato ; Mitsuko Terui ; Sakuko Kume ; Taeko Sasaki ; Hamako Kato ; Ritsuko Takahashi ; Kimi Suzuki ; Shunji Ohkubo ; Shigeru Matsumoto
Journal of the Japanese Association of Rural Medicine 1994;43(1):33-35
High-quality terminal care cannot be given without good communication and understanding among patients, their family members and health as well as medical professionals.Recently, we have taken a questionnaire survey on new inpatients in our hospital to sound them out on their thinkings about hospital care, and examined the findings along with the validity of survey.Many respondents including those contracting either benign or malignant diseases wished to be keptposted on what they are really up against and to partake in the decision-making process before treatment plans are put into practice. The recent questionnaire survey has proved to be worthwhile as a tool to know the wishes of hospitalized patients and suggested an effective way to promote the practice of obtaining informed consent before specific test and therapautic procedure.
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