Informed consent and minors

Informed consent and minors

The provision of informed consent by a patient should be the end point of a process of engagement in which one or more health practitioners have supported the patient to come to an informed decision to agree to the healthcare offered. Informed consent is a means to comply with the principle of respect for the person in a healthcare context. This act can be alternatively interpreted according to...

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...

Informed consent to the medical treatment of minors: law and practice.

Informed consent and SUPPORT.

In the summer of 1963, the nation watched in sadness as Patrick Bouvier Kennedy, the youngest child of President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy, was born prematurely and then died of lung disease 2 days later at Children’s Hospital in Boston. Even now, it is common knowledge that children born prematurely are at high risk for death. So it is easy to imagine the stress...