l5 - informed consent

define informed consent

action of an autonomous, informed person agreeing to submit to medical treatment/experiment

is informed consent a legal requirement or an ethical ideal

it is both

what are the condtitions needed to be met for informed consent

patient is competent to decide

patient receivs adequate disclosure of info.

patient understands info.

patient comes to decision about treatment voluntarily

patients consent to treatment

what is competenece

ability to render decisions about medical interventions

can incompetent patients give their informed consent

no

if a patient can’t give informed consent, what happens

decision goes to proxy/surrogate

what is mandatory to disclose in informed consent

nature of procedure

risks of procedure

alt. to procedure/ no treatment

expected benefits

what is decision-making capacity

ensuring that a patient is psychologically or legally capable to make decisions

does decisison-mkaing capacity apply to future decision or just the decision at hand

it only applies to the pressing decision at hand; every decision has to reevalute if the patient is able to make thier own decision

what is a waiver

a patient is voluntarily giving up the right to informed consent

define thearpeuic privilege

witholding of relevant info. from a patient (when a physician believes disclosure would bring harm to the patient)

define presumed consent

individuals are presumed to be willing to donate their organs after death