Informed Consent: the Medical and Legal Challenge of Our Time
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OBJECTIVE To assess the real importance of obtaining informed consent, through an appropriate form, and its role in the outcome from civil liability claims. METHODS The wordings of the current Brazilian law and jurisprudence were compared with rulings from the State Court of the State of Rio de Janeiro, in 269 civil liability claims against healthcare professionals and hospitals. RESULTS Favorable and unfavorable outcomes (i.e. acquittals and convictions) were compared, and possible variations in the verdicts were discussed in relation to whether informed consent forms had been filled out or not. CONCLUSIONS Obtaining informed consent, by means of appropriate forms, is still not a widespread practice in the Brazilian healthcare or judicial systems. It is recommended that this practice be adopted in the manner described in this paper, since this is prescribed in Brazilian law.
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