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Documenting the process of patient decision making: a review of the development of the law on consent
- Source :
- Future Hospital Journal. 3:109-113
- Publication Year :
- 2016
- Publisher :
- Royal College of Physicians, 2016.
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Abstract
- The doctor’s role involves helping patients to understand their condition, including the anticipated benefits and risks of proposed treatments or omissions to treat. In order to treat, doctors require consent from patients but the duty to advise is equally strong if conservative management is appropriate. The recent judgement in the case of Montgomery has set a precedent for patient autonomy. However, doctors are still required to judge what risks they should disclose in their reasonable assessment of that patient and their specific situation. The General Medical Council reflects a consensus that the empowered autonomous patient is more likely to be satisfied with their clinical outcome than the passive victim of medical paternalism. Doctors, regardless of specialty, must counsel their patients adequately, paying particular attention to identifying material risks that are likely to be significant to their case.
- Subjects :
- Conservative management
Process (engineering)
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education
Judgement
Specialty
Review
medicine.disease
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Patient autonomy
030220 oncology & carcinogenesis
Medical paternalism
medicine
030212 general & internal medicine
Medical emergency
Psychology
Set (psychology)
Social psychology
Duty
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Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 20553331 and 20553323
- Volume :
- 3
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Future Hospital Journal
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....70f49a4f15c5f2e376b283434076eab5