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Surgical Endoscopy
Published in: Surgical Endoscopy 5/2009

01-05-2009 | Letter

Informed consent-‘da Vinci code’ for our safety in empowered patient’s safety

Author: Brij B. Agarwal

Published in: Surgical Endoscopy | Issue 5/2009

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Excerpt

Respect for patient safety and quality of care improvement in laparoscopic surgery drives us to better ourselves perpetually. The same concerns, however, are becoming powerful bargaining tools in the hands of politicians, lawyers, insurance companies, and business tycoons [1]. We face unhappy patients, reluctant payers, and the stick of shifting regulations, with safety and quality concerns dangled like a carrot. We need to ponder why we have allowed ourselves to be boxed in by such a situation? …
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Metadata
Title
Informed consent-‘da Vinci code’ for our safety in empowered patient’s safety
Author
Brij B. Agarwal
Publication date
01-05-2009
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Published in
Surgical Endoscopy / Issue 5/2009
Print ISSN: 0930-2794
Electronic ISSN: 1432-2218
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00464-009-0409-3

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