PHI 2396 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Leland Stanford Jr.
21 Feb 2018
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The action of an autonomous, informed person agreeing to submit to medical. Conditions of informed consent: the patient is competent to decide, she gets an adequate disclosure of information, she understands the information, she decides about the treatment voluntarily, she consents to the treatment. The ability to render decisions about medical interventions. Courts and legislatures have mandated the disclosure of: The alternatives to the proposed procedure, including the option of no treatment. The expected benefits of the proposed treatment. Assessing for decision-making capacity involves determining whether a patient or subject is psychologically or legally capable of adequate decision-making. This capacity relates to the specific medical decision at hand and does not imply a global ability to make any or all decisions about health care or other matters. If individuals lack decision-making capability, they may make decisions that are contrary to their best interests and thus need to be protected from harm.
