Informed Consent

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Informed Consent According to West's Encyclopedia of American Law, the definition of informed consent is "consent by a patient to a surgical or medical procedure or participation in a clinical study after achieving an understanding of the relevant medical facts and the risks involved” (Fallon L.F.Jr, 2010, p. 1). Basically, this is a form stating that the physician has explained, in words that the patient can understand, the details of the treatment or procedure that is being proposed, including the benefits the risks, as well as alternatives. Second, the physician needs to decide if the patient understood what was said and that they accept the potential risks of the procedure. The last part of the informed consent procedures is the patient signing the form that states generally, what the procedure is what the risks are and what the alternatives are, and that they understand and accept those risks. Other factors they physician must consider are as follows: first, "the patient must have the legal authority to give consent, second, they must be competent, they must be willing to give consent of their own free will, and they must be informed about the risks and benefits by someone knowledgeable to respond to questions prior to consent" (Benak L., 2006, p. 48). In the case of Mrs. Sparza, her English skills were limited, and she depended upon her son to be her initial interpreter. However, in the operating room where the consent for the surgery was to be signed, her son was not there. She refused to sign a consent form, because she understood enough English to know that her surgery was to be on one eye and the consent form stated it was for both eyes. The physician in his scrubs with an interpreter talked to her for a minute and she ... ... middle of paper ... ... Health Source. (Document ID: 1017597721) Conn, V. M. (1998). Legal aspects of emergency medical services. Philadelphia: W.B. Sanders Company. (Original work published 1998) Fallon L.F.Jr. (2010). Informed Consent. In West's Encyclopedia of American Law. Retrieved June 11, 2010, from Answers.com Web site: http://www.answers.com/topic/informed-consent Ferguson P. (1997). Causing death or allowing to die? Developments in the law. Journal of Medical Ethics, 23(6), 368, 5. Retrieved June 12, 2010 from ProQuest. (25504044) Rehnquist, C. J. (1997). Supreme Court. Retrieved June 12, 2010, from Cornell University Law School Web site: http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/96-110.ZS.html Wojahn A. (2009). Informed Consent. In Encyclopedia of Surgery. Retrieved June 12, 2010, from Encyclopedia of Surgery Web site: http://www.surgeryencyclopedia.com/Pa-St/Preoperative-care

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