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  • Medical Ethics
  • Hematology
  • Patient Education

Background:

  • Informed consent is crucial in medicine, but often inadequate for blood transfusions.
  • Current consent processes may be incomplete, rushed, or unclear, impacting patient understanding.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop an optimized narrative framework for obtaining informed consent for blood transfusions.
  • To create an educational tool for physicians to improve the transfusion consent process.

Main Methods:

  • A modified Delphi approach with 5 rounds involving transfusion medicine experts, physicians, and laypeople.
  • Qualitative thematic content analysis and quantitative descriptive statistics were used.
  • Iterative feedback refined the narrative script based on expert and public review.

Main Results:

  • The developed narrative was rigorously reviewed and modified through multiple expert and layperson feedback rounds.
  • Participants found the narrative appropriate in length, logical in flow, and effective for teaching.
  • Lay participants understood transfusion risks, benefits, and their right to refuse.

Conclusions:

  • A robust narrative for blood transfusion informed consent was successfully created.
  • The narrative serves as a valuable tool for physicians to enhance patient understanding of transfusion procedures.
  • This framework can be adapted to ensure comprehensive and effective patient consent for blood transfusions.