Video-assisted informed consent helps reduce decisional conflict in cancer patients

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For patients undergoing gastric cancer surgery, informed consent (IC) can involve extensive information about surgical methods, complications, risks, benefits and life after treatment. Conventional face-to-face explanations can be difficult to absorb in one sitting and require substantial time from both patients and surgeons. Decisional conflict, the uncertainty people may feel when making a…

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