임상간호연구 (Journal of Korean Clinical Nursing Research)
- 제14권2호
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- Pages.59-70
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- 2008
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- 1598-9186(pISSN)
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- 2287-3694(eISSN)
사전동의에 대한 의사, 간호사 및 환자의 인식과 경험
Comparison of Perception and Experience of Informed Consent among Physicians, Nurses and Patients
- An, Myung Sook (Department of Nursing, Dong-A University Medical Center) ;
- Min, Hye Sook (Department of Nursing, College of Medicine, Dong-A University)
- 투고 : 2008.05.30
- 심사 : 2008.07.04
- 발행 : 2008.08.31
초록
Purpose: Purposes of this study were to promote understanding on mutually informed consent by comparing and analyzing the perception and experience of informed consent among physicians, nurses, and patients. Method: Participants in the study were 145 physicians, 300 nurses, and 178 patients from eight hospitals in Busan. To examine their understanding and experience with informed consent, all participants responded to a questionnaire. The collected data were analyzed using SPSS/PC 12.0 program. Results: On the necessity of informed consent, the affirmative percentages were 95.9% for physicians, 99.0% for nurses and 84.8% for patients. As to the most important reason for informed consent 47.6% of the physicians and 64.3% of the nurses answered 'because it is an occupational and ethical duty', while 46.6% of the patients answered 'because it is protection for physicians'. Regarding the legal decision maker for informed consent, 33.1% of the physicians, 27% of the nurses, and 42.1% of the patients answered that the legal decision-making right belonged to the 'patient'. The agreement rate on the necessity of providing a comprehensive explanation about informed consent was 89.0% for physicians, 98.3% for nurses, and 96.1% for patients. Conclusion: Most physicians, nurses, and even patients have inaccurate perceptions and inappropriate experience with informed consent.