Informed consent in medical practice. With particular reference to neurology.
Informed consent is a significant ethical as well as medicolegal issue. Both aspects are summarized in this article, which focuses on the major unresolved problems raised by legal and moral analyses of informed consent. The discussion stresses the effects of the doctrine of informed consent on medical practice, with particular reference to problems encountered in the neurological health field.
D032882:Comprehension; D003243:Consciousness; D030881:Disclosure; D006801:Humans; D007258:Informed Consent / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D009014:Morals; D009462:Neurology; D018570:Risk Assessment; D014342:Truth Disclosure; D014481:United States