title: Letter from California: what is informed consent?
abstract: It seems only reasonable that if a health care professional (doctor, dentist, etc) is going to carry out a procedure on a patient, then the patient should know what is being carried out and why and what the consequences may be. This is basically all informed consent is.
authors: M A
authors: MA
authors: Pogrel
mesh_terms: D002140:California; D005792:General Practice, Dental / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D007258:Informed Consent / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D007879:Legislation, Dental; D014743:Videotape Recording