Informed consent in cardiac surgery
Asou, T.; Tokunaga, K.; Kawachi, Y.; Tominaga, R.; Kinoshita, K.; Mayumi, H.; Masuda, M.; Matsuzaki, H.
Kyobu Geka. Japanese Journal of Thoracic Surgery 44(7): 567-568
1991
ISSN/ISBN: 0021-5252 PMID: 1886317 Document Number: 368189
Recently, it has been recognized in Japan that informed consent is indispensable to make decisions for medical treatment, although it had been already confirmed in western countries for several decades of years. However, there may be some differences in the content of informed consent between Japan and western countries. We discussed the problems of informed consent in Japan concerning the choice of prosthetic valve, mechanical prosthesis or bioprosthesis, in patients to be undergone valve replacement. We conclude that informed consent should be the humane relationship between therapists and a patient.