title: Exploring the gray areas of informed consent.
abstract: Learn your role in informed consent and explore the gray areas, including circumstances when consent may be valid even if the patient wasn't fully informed.
authors.affiliation: Wayne General Hospital, Wayne, N.J., USA.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Dunn
mesh_terms: D003657:Decision Making / Q000941:ethics; D006801:Humans; D007258:Informed Consent / Q000941:ethics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000523:psychology; D016743:Mental Competency / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000523:psychology; D024802:Nurse's Role; D026706:Paternalism / Q000941:ethics; D010344:Patient Advocacy / Q000941:ethics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000523:psychology; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000941:ethics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000379:methods*; D026684:Personal Autonomy; D016312:Treatment Refusal / Q000941:ethics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000523:psychology; D014342:Truth Disclosure / Q000941:ethics; D014481:United States