PHI 1370 Lecture 5: #5 Consent Notes.docx

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Philosophy
• Course: PHI 1370
• Professor: Ken Ferguson

Document Summary

Patients must be informed of: the nature of the treatment being recommended, the expected benefits of the treatment, the risks of the treatment, the side effects of the treatment, alternative treatments or courses of action, the likely consequences of not having the treatment. Obstacles/barriers to informed consent: lack of time on the part of health care provider, confusion among hcrs about when informed consent is needed, physician concerns about giving too much information, perception of patients that the informed consent form is just a legal release , patient unawareness that they can refuse the procedure or delay the decision, patient language and cultural issues, special patient circumstances and human factors (e. g. iq, stress, timing, poor quality of consent form/related materials, patient misunderstanding of information on the informed consent form or related educational information about the proposed surgery or procedure, failure of hcp to detect patient"s lack of comprehension.