Public health and the law. Informed consent and blanket consent forms.

Patient Consent, the Anaesthetic Nurse and the Peri-operative Environment: Irish Law and Informed Consent

C onsent is a fundamental prerequisite for all medical treatment. Patient autonomy, respect for such autonomy and the right to information underpins this concept of consent [Barneschi et al, 1998; Madden, 2002; White, 2004]. Patients have a right to make their own decisions about their medical care, basing this decision on the information provided to them by the healthcare professionals respons...

Colorado’s Law of Informed Consent: Sample Case

Patient who had been prescribed sulfa antibiotic drug to treat prostatitis, and who suffered seizure after taking drug, brought medical malpractice action against physician in which he asserted negligence and informed consent claims. The District Court, directed verdict for physician on informed consent claim, and entered judgment on jury verdict for physician on negligence claim. Patient appea...

Informed consent law and the forgotten duty of physician inquiry.

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...

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...