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Annals of Surgical Oncology
Published in: Annals of Surgical Oncology 1/2014

01-01-2014 | Healthcare Policy and Outcomes

An Opportunity to Improve Informed Consent and Shared Decision Making: The Role of the ACS NSQIP Surgical Risk Calculator in Oncology

Authors: Jennifer L. Paruch, MD, Clifford Y. Ko, MD, MS, MSHS, Karl Y. Bilimoria, MD, MS

Published in: Annals of Surgical Oncology | Issue 1/2014

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Cancer patients are being presented with a growing number of treatment options, many of which involve complex surgical decisions. The informed consent and shared decision-making process provides an increasingly important opportunity for surgeons to provide education, engage patients, make treatment recommendations and tailor perioperative care plans. Patient-specific assessments of operative risk are critical to these conversations. Unfortunately, relatively few resources have been available to help surgeons with these assessments. …
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Metadata
Title
An Opportunity to Improve Informed Consent and Shared Decision Making: The Role of the ACS NSQIP Surgical Risk Calculator in Oncology
Authors
Jennifer L. Paruch, MD
Clifford Y. Ko, MD, MS, MSHS
Karl Y. Bilimoria, MD, MS
Publication date
01-01-2014
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Annals of Surgical Oncology / Issue 1/2014
Print ISSN: 1068-9265
Electronic ISSN: 1534-4681
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1245/s10434-013-3345-3

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