Consent in paediatric neurosurgery: adequacy of documentation and parental perspectives.
Adikarige Haritha Dulanka SilvaHaren WijesingheNilesh MundilWilliam LoA Richard WalshGuirish A SolankiDesiderio RodriguesPublished in: Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery (2019)
Consent is more than a signature on a form. It provides objective evidence of a shared decision-making process between the surgeon, patient, and their parent/guardian. Our initial study highlights multiple areas for improvement.