Rethinking Informed Consent

Rethinking informed consent.

Rethinking informed consent: the case for shared medical decision-making.

In law, with rare exception such as legislative action, change is evolutionary and methodical. Unlike biomedical science where a breakthrough can quickly lead to dramatic changes in medical practice, legal precedent is more adherent and must evolve either through the legislative process or on a court by court basis in case law. Nevertheless, compelling evidence will pave the road to change with...

preoperative informed consent: is it truly informed?

background: pre-operative informed consent is an important aspect of surgery, yet there has been no formal training regarding it in pakistan. this study was done to assess the preoperative informed consent practice. methods: after taking informed permission, a questionnaire was filled in during an interview with 350 patients, who have undergone elective surgical procedures under routine practic...

When is Informed Consent “Informed”?

Typically, a consent document in the United States is a printed form with blank spaces in which the operative procedure is filled in. The form is signed by the patient, and placed into the medical record. At first glance, it would seem that the patient was told of the operative procedure and gave his or her consent. Yet informed consent, or, more accurately, lack of informed consent, is a frequ...

More Nuanced Informed Consent Is Not Necessarily Better Informed Consent.

More Nuanced Informed Consent Is Not Necessarily Better Informed Consent Danielle Hornstein, Sharon Nakar, Sara Weinberger & Dov Greenbaum To cite this article: Danielle Hornstein, Sharon Nakar, Sara Weinberger & Dov Greenbaum (2015) More Nuanced Informed Consent Is Not Necessarily Better Informed Consent, The American Journal of Bioethics, 15:9, 51-53, DOI: 10.1080/15265161.2015.1062167 To lin...