Patients' Satisfaction With the Preoperative Informed Consent Procedure: A Multicenter Questionnaire Survey in Switzerland

The combined written and oral preoperative information presented is well adapted to patients' informative wishes and needs; it allows for a structured conversation, facilitates documentation, and offers valid legal proof that adequate information has been provided. Therefore, close collaboration between the national patient organization and the expert judiciary and medical societies of the corresponding country is strongly recommended to improve the informed consent procedure.