The myth about consent forms

Informed consent--a contemporary myth?

In the absence of consent from the patient, in theory, every surgical procedure could be considered a criminal offence. Until recently, the patient's consent was considered to have been implicitly granted as long as he or she presented at the appointed date for an elective surgical procedure. This situation no longer prevails and a patient's consent now has to be explicitly and formally granted...

Debunking the first myth about debunking

The myth about nonlinear differential equations

Taking the example of Koretweg–de Vries equation, it is shown that soliton solutions need not always be the consequence of the trade-off between the nonlinear terms and the dispersive term in the nonlinear differential equation. Even the ordinary one dimensional linear partial differential equation can produce a soliton. Solitary waves and solitons are often described [1-8] as a consequence of ...

Debunking the first myth about debunking

[Ten myths about informed consent].

The author reviews ten myths that, in his opinion, make up the perspective of many professionals on informed consent (IC). A viewpoint, on the other hand, that is imprecise and of low ethical and juridical quality. The myths are: 1. IC is something foreign to the moral duties of doctors. 2. IC consists in getting the patients to sign the form authorising an intervention. 3. Good clinical practi...