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The consent form signature: a useful clinical sign?
1Department of Surgery, Royal Berkshire Hospital.
Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England
|July 1, 1997
Abstract:
The quality of a patient's consent form signature was assessed in 42 adult patients undergoing emergency major abdominal surgery. Patients with a poor quality or absent consent form signature had a significantly higher mortality and higher APACHE II scores than those with a satisfactory consent form signature.