Obtaining informed consent from patients hospitalized in the surgical wards as a major legal challenge.

Background And Objectives: Informed consent (IC) is the process of establishing communication between the physician and the patient or an alternative decision that leads to the agreement or rejection of the patient and/or their legal representative to perform specific medical procedures. In this study, we evaluated the level of awareness and patient participation in IC in the surgical wards of the general hospital in northern Iran in the 2019-2020 years.

Patients And Methods: This study is cross-sectional research that was performed during the 2019-2020 years.