The psychiatrist as informed consent technician: a problem for the professions.
Psychiatric consultation in general medical settings is a valuable corollary to the work of other health care professionals. In various contexts, such consultation can be debased, however, to the point that the psychiatrist is serving as a technician rather than as a consultant in relation to several aspects of the informed consent process. The authors identify five inappropriate models of psychiatric consultation and review the proper approach to obtaining true informed consent.
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Program in Psychiatry and the Law, Massachusetts Mental Health Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston 02115.
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D001927:Brain Diseases; D005104:Expert Testimony / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006801:Humans; D007258:Informed Consent / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D010348:Patient Care Team / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D011570:Psychiatry; D011574:Psychoanalytic Theory