Cardiac surgical report cards have historically been mandatory. This paradigm changed
when The Society of Thoracic Surgeons recently implemented a voluntary public reporting …

Over the last few decades, multiple studies have examined the understanding of participants
in clinical research. They show variable and often poor understanding of key elements of …

For more than two decades, Health Law: Cases, Materials and Problems has defined the
field of health law, providing a balanced overview of law as it affects patients, professionals …

Public reporting of outcome data is increasingly being used at the institutional and clinician
levels and has become mandatory in some parts of the United States and the United …

Responding to the public concern caused by recent hospital scandals and accounts of
unintended harm to patients, this author draws on her experience of analysing the health …

Objective: The purpose of the paper is to examine the ethical arguments for and against
disclosing surgeon-specific performance rates to patients during informed consent, and to …

In the absence of consent from the patient, in theory, every surgical procedure could be
considered a criminal offence. Until recently, the patient's consent was considered to have …

Background: Medical and legal published work regularly discusses informed consent and
patient autonomy before medical interventions. Recent discussions have suggested that …

Background Public reporting of surgeon outcomes has become a key strategy in the English
NHS to ensure accountability and improve the quality of care. Much of the evidence that …

Public reporting of clinical outcomes data is but one response to calls for increasing
transparency in health care. Cardiac surgical operations are among the most commonly …