title: Changes in the concept of informed consent in medical encounters.
abstract: The author in this article reviews recent changes in the conceptualization of informed consent in medical encounters to help provide a better understanding of the concept itself and of some difficulties that exist in philosophical justifications for the requirement of informed consent.
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007258:Informed Consent; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations