title: [Confidentiality and informed consent. A necessary reflection].
abstract: This article analyzes a patient's rights to confidentiality, to be informed, to be able to freely exercise his/her choice, and to opt to not have an investigation or experiment carried out on his/her body. This article deals in depth with the confidentiality issue in health care, reviewing the roles of the patient and the health care professional. Finally, this article presents a detailed analysis about informed consent, tracing its legal origins and development, the ethical principles which should compose it, the proper way to present information about it, etc.
authors.affiliation: Hospital Doctor Peset, Valencia.
authors.forename: M V
authors.initials: MV
authors.lastname: Cardona Gascó
mesh_terms: D002755:Choice Behavior; D003219:Confidentiality / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D006801:Humans; D007258:Informed Consent / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D010344:Patient Advocacy / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D010358:Patient Participation / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D013030:Spain
vernacular_title: Confidencialidad y consentimiento informado. Una reflexión necesaria.