Patreon Episode: A Close Look at Informed Consent: Part 2 of 4

In this part Bec Jenkinson looks at how often clinicians' meet the legal standard for informed consent. In a Queensland study* of the 3500+ women surveyed, only 48% of women who had had a planned caesarean section said they were fully informed and had consented to have their procedure. Seventy percent of women had were fully informed and consented to their epidural anaesthesia and 26% had been informed about or consented to their episiotomies.== Sign up to our newsletter at www.pbbmedia.org for more updates and request to join our private Facebook group to continue the conversation and get support in giving/receiving respectful maternity care by writing to [email protected]. ==* Queensland Centre for Mothers and Babies: "Having a Baby in Queensland", 2010 Copyright Bec Jenkinson and PBB Media 2018All 4 episodes:www.spreaker.com/user/pregnancybirthandbeyond/a-close-look-at-informed-consent-part-1-www.spreaker.com/user/pregnancybirthandbeyond/a-close-look-at-informed-consent-part-2-www.spreaker.com/user/pregnancybirthandbeyond/a-close-look-at-informed-consent-part-3-www.spreaker.com/user/pregnancybirthandbeyond/a-close-look-at-informed-consent-part-4-