2017
DOI: 10.1590/1983-80422017251163
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Consentimento informado: estratégia para mitigar a vulnerabilidade na assistência hospitalar

Abstract: This text aims at identifying vulnerability as an inherent characteristic of human beings and introducing informed consent as a strategy to minimize it in the context of hospital care. Subjects who experience hospitalization are enclosed in an unknown environment upon which they have no control or knowledge. In addition, they are subordinate to the physician, who possesses the power to determine therapeutic conducts that may compromise their existence and life goals. As a result, their degree of vulnerability … Show more

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“…The hospitalized individual, when moving away from their social network, which gives them confidence and security, becomes even more vulnerable. The professionals who provide them with the necessary care ignore their history, expectations, desires and life projects, which compromises their ability to decide on treatment-related issues 18,20 .…”
Section: Autonomymentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…The hospitalized individual, when moving away from their social network, which gives them confidence and security, becomes even more vulnerable. The professionals who provide them with the necessary care ignore their history, expectations, desires and life projects, which compromises their ability to decide on treatment-related issues 18,20 .…”
Section: Autonomymentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Vulnerability is associated with the patients' lack of autonomy during hospitalization, the disease itself, the lack of information and treatment options, besides the lack of control over their own body and mind 20 . Moreover, the possibility of being considered incapable of making decisions and choosing treatments compatible with their life projects can further increase their fragility.…”
Section: Autonomymentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…O consentimento informado é utilizado também no âmbito hospitalar, dentro da relação médico-paciente, como indicou Silva (2017), trazendo reflexões acerca da dificuldade de adultos com a saúde comprometida. No caso de situação de internação, a fragilidade é frente ao medo da possibilidade da interrupção da vida, somada a possível falta de esclarecimento quanto aos procedimentos que estão sendo ou serão tomados em relação a sua enfermidade, sendo a informação uma "garantia de compreensão adequada pelo indivíduo para que possa deliberar sobre o melhor caminho para si e para seu tratamento".…”
Section: Saúde Doença E Pesquisaunclassified
“…Since then, it has become tacitly or explicitly established to request express authorization from the patient or his legal representatives for invasive procedures 20 . The purpose of informed consent is to guarantee the exercise of autonomy based on knowledge of indications, benefits, risks and therapeutic alternatives 21 .…”
Section: Theory and Practice Of The Free Informed Consentmentioning
confidence: 99%