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GARCIA GONZALEZ, Mercedes Caridad; TARAJANO ROSELLO, Antonio Obed; ROSABALES QUILES, Irma  y  ORTEGA GONZALEZ, Nancy. Communication and informed consent at the Orthopedics and Neurosurgery Services of Camagüey’s Manuel Ascunce Domenech Hospital. Rev Hum Med [online]. 2011, vol.11, n.1, pp. 81-98. ISSN 1727-8120.

The article presents a cross-sectional, descriptive study carried out to characterize both doctor-patient communication and request of informed consent at Camagüey´s Manuel Ascunce Domenech University Provincial Hospital, from November 2009 to January 2010. Specialists were interviewed to identify their level of knowledge about these bioethical subjects. Results confirmed an inefficient communication and negligence with the informed consent.

Palabras clave : BIOETHICS; COMMUNICATION; INFORMED CONSENT; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS.

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