Physician giving consent

Difficulties in giving fully informed consent.

Mammography screening: are women really giving informed consent? (Counterpoint).

In overviews of mammography trials and debates about mammography, at least one finding has been consistent: the mortality benefits of screening take longer to become apparent and the absolute benefits are smaller in women younger than age 50 years than in those age 50 years or older. The commentary by Dr. Baines proposes a novel partial explanation for this finding, arguing that screening and e...

Mammography screening: are women really giving informed consent?

Many women remain unaware of the extent to which efforts to achieve breast cancer control through mammography screening may be doing harm as well as good. An unacknowledged harm is that for up to 11 years after the initiation of breast cancer screening in women aged 40–49 years, screened women face a higher death rate from breast cancer than unscreened control women, although that is contrary t...

Informed consent law and the forgotten duty of physician inquiry.

Hospital-physician informed consent: new use for an old doctrine.

The relationship between hospitals and physicians has changed dramatically in recent years because of the increasingly competitive healthcare environment. Many healthcare executives have struggled to find a balance between collaborating and competing with the new breed of physicians. A relationship familiar to the healthcare leader may provide a useful framework for effectively addressing physi...