Surgery

Review outlines issues relating to obtaining surgical consent

There is currently low-level evidence about surgical consent processes that can inform clinical practice, and surgical consent is frequently obtained by junior doctors in a suboptimal process, according to a review published ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Multiple factors delay timely endometriosis diagnosis, study shows

Reviewing qualitative studies from the past 20 years, the researchers found a range of contributing factors including: a continuing stigma around periods; society's normalization of menstrual pain; and a lack of medical training ...

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