The competency quagmire: clarification of the nursing perspective concerning the issues of competence and informed consent.
Selected issues involved in informed consent and the patient's competence to give it are examined. A discussion of tests of competence reveals some of the problems encountered in using them. There are differences in medical and nursing functions and responsibilities in the informed consent process. One nursing framework, self care, is used to discuss whether informed consent should be obtained from patients when they receive specific nursing care.
Davis
A J
AJ
University of California, San Francisco, School of Nursing, CA.
Underwood
P R
PR
D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D003657:Decision Making; D004993:Ethics, Nursing; D006801:Humans; D007258:Informed Consent; D009732:Nursing Care; D012380:Role; D012648:Self Care