Consent form versus doctor - patient relationship

Consent form versus doctor-patient relationship.

Examining consent within the patient-doctor relationship.

The notion of consent which rose to the forefront in biomedical ethics as an attempt to safeguard patients' autonomy, is relatively new. The notion itself requires qualification, for it precludes neither duress nor ignorance. More seriously, I argue here that consent is redundant except in situations where paternalism prevails. Paradoxically, these are the very situations where it may be diffic...

Counseling, consulting, and consent: abortion and the doctor-patient relationship.

Patient, doctor, disease, and informed consent

Lung cancer is the 10th ranking cause of death in the world: its incidence has reached a steady state in the male gender while it is still increasing in females. Even if data are now available on lung cancer screening with low-dose spiral computerized tomography (CT), still today the diagnosis is often late, due to underestimation and late appearance of specific symptoms. Hence, in the great ma...

Use of Multimedia Technology in the Doctor-Patient Relationship for Obtaining Patient Informed Consent

Patient informed consent for surgery or for high-risk methods of treatment or diagnosis means that unlawful breach of the patient's personal interests is avoided and the patient accepts the risk of surgery and takes the brunt of it. Patient awareness - their knowledge of the condition and circumstances of continued therapeutic procedure, including offered and available methods of treatment and ...