Informed consent: a primer for clinical practice

by Bowman, Deborah

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Title Statements

Full title :Informed consent : a primer for clinical practice / Deborah Bowman, John Spicer, Rehana Iqbal.

Summary

"The process of seeking the consent of a patient to a medical procedure is, arguably, one of the most important skills a doctor, or indeed any clinician, should learn. In fact, the very idea that doctors may institute diagnostic or treatment processes of any sort without a patient's consent is utterly counter-intuitive to the modern practice of medicine. It was not always thus, and even now it can be reliably assumed that consent is still not sought and gained appropriately in every clinical encounter. To say that it should be sought and gained in this manner elevates the value of consent to a high level. It can be instructive to ask oneself why such a value might be held to be the case. The answer to this question lies in the philosophical underpinning of clinical consent, which sits within a notion of personal autonomy, and respect for autonomous decision making"--Provided by publisher

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2012.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Cambridge University Press
Place of Publication:Cambridge, UK
Language:eng
Publication Date:2012.

Notes

Includes index.

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (99 pages) : : illustrations

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781139225038, 1139225030, 9781139221603, 1139221604, 9781280485510, 1280485515, 9781139057523, 1139057529
oclc:ocn776162391
LC Classification:R724
Dewey Decimal:610

Cover; Informed Consent: A Primer for Clinical Practice; Title; Copyright; Contents; Chapter 1: Introduction to clinical consent: laying out the territory; Introducing consent; Challenges for the clinician; Clinical consent: its composition; Forms of consent; The context of medical consent; Conclusion; Endnotes; Chapter 2: On capacity: can the patient decide?; Introduction; What is understanding?; Immaturity: the younger patient; Children, capacity and best interests; The developing child's capacity; Illness and capacity; Irrationality and eccentricity; Some challenges; Conclusion; Endnotes.

Subjects

Academic theses Consentement éclairé (Droit médical) HEALTH & FITNESS -- Holism HEALTH & FITNESS -- Reference Informed Consent -- ethics Informed consent (Medical law) MEDICAL -- Alternative Medicine MEDICAL -- Atlases MEDICAL -- Essays MEDICAL -- Family & General Practice MEDICAL -- Holistic Medicine MEDICAL -- Osteopathy Mental Competency Physician and patient Physician-Patient Relations Relations médecin-patient Thèses et écrits académiques