Informed Consent and Shared Decision Making

Assent

Assent

agreement to participate by someone <18 bc they cant legally consent.

Capacity

patients have ability to understand info and make reasoned judgment abt whether or not to agree.

Voluntariness

patient is free to choose w/o any coercion/manipulation from family members, physicians, researchers, socioeconomic factors.

Informed consent

process of getting someone’s permission to receive a medical intervention/participate in research

Disclosure

they’re given all info needed to make an informed choice

3 components of informed consent

disclosure, capacity, voluntariness

Shared decision making

collaborative process of determining course of care betw patients and clinicians