Informed consent: respecting patient autonomy

Norman, Van; Gail, Alexander

doi:10.1017/cbo9780511841361.003

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“…In health care, respect for autonomy has to do not only with respect for the individual, but for the decisions and choices that the individual makes. Just like the individual, a decision or choice is autonomous if it is made with understanding and without controlling influences 16 . Patients can only make free choices and decisions if they are properly informed.…”

Section: Autonomymentioning

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Respect for Patient Autonomy: A Patient Perspective

Adwedaa¹

2022

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There appears to be dissatisfaction by patients in Ghana with the way their doctors communicate with them. The perception is that doctors fail to respect their autonomy by failing to adequately inform them of their health condition and also fail to involve themin their health care decisions. Patients want doctors to use their medical training to promote a partnership in the doctor-patient relationship where the doctor uses his or her superior knowledge and skill in medicine to acknowledge, encourage and support the patient’s right to self-determination in his or her health care. If doctors did that, patients will be more satisfied, the doctor-patient relationship will be enriched, trust between the doctor and his patient will be enhanced and patient care will also be enhanced. Although there may be difficulties for doctors to adopt this approach, those difficulties are not insurmountable.

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Section: Autonomymentioning

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Respect for Patient Autonomy: A Patient Perspective

Adwedaa¹

2022

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“…The Nuremberg Code established in 1948 is generally cited as the original international guidelines that identify the obligation of physicians to obtain informed consent for research although there were earlier legal requirements in France and in the US 5 . In 1914, the case of Schloendorff versus the Society of New York Hospital established that “every human being of sound mind and adult years has a right to determine what shall be done with his own body.” 6 There is nearly universal agreement among ethicists and physicians that respect for patient autonomy is an important – even indispensable – principle in the ethical practice of medicine 7 .…”

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confidence: 99%