Great article. What does REAL informed consent look like? - TopicsExpress



          

Great article. What does REAL informed consent look like? -Nicole "The people who hire doctors to advise and assist them with medical care (we, the patients)—have the right to receive full information from those doctors about their options, and the risks and benefits of those options; they have the right to make the decision about which options they want to pursue. A doctor cannot substitute her judgment for that of a patient by failing to tell the patient what she is going to do to the patient’s body. The patient’s decision to refuse a doctor’s offer of treatment doesn’t have to seem reasonable or prudent to the doctor, or anybody else. The right to informed and autonomous decisions in healthcare is the right to weigh the full spectrum of risks and benefits according to the patient’s personal values and perspective."
Posted on: Thu, 11 Jul 2013 12:21:12 +0000

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