The knowledge-perception nexus: socio-linguistic disparities in surgical informed consent among patients at Ethiopian tertiary hospitals

Informed Consent for Surgical Care in East Africa

In the developed world one of the pillars of ethical conduct in surgical practise is informed surgic

Knowledge of Surgical Informed Consent and Associated Factors among Patients Undergone Obstetric and Gynecologic Surgery at Jimma Medical Center, Jimma, Oromia Region, Ethiopia, 2020. An Institutional Based Cross-Sectional Study.

Abstract Introduction: The practice of informed consent before any surgical procedure sh

Barriers to Obtaining Informed Consent on Shortterm Surgical Missions

Background: Short-term surgical missions (STSMs) enable visiting surgeons to help addr

Optimizing prophylactic antibiotic use among surgery patients in Ethiopian hospitals

Knowledge, attitude and practice of surgical staff towards preoperative surgical antibiotic prophylaxis at an academic tertiary hospital in Sudan

Abstract Background Surgical site infections (SSIs) are among the most common serious complicatio

Prevalence and determinants of distress at the start of chemotherapy among adult cancer patients in two tertiary hospitals in Kenya

BACKGROUND                                    Chemotherapy is considered the cornerstone in the trea