title: [Treatment based on patient's consent: controversies, doubts, ambiguities].
abstract: The authors aimed at directing the reader's attention to regulations by law related to the consent to treatment, the form and interpretation of which may induce controversies among clinicians. Among various problems associated with such a vast topic, the authors focused on the issue of the so called "printed form consent", commonly practiced, but legally groundless in view of the legal regulations in force. The report also presented selected aspects of obtaining consent to treatment of a juvenile patient, specifying and discussing unclear and doubtful situations. Another topic stressed in the paper involved treatment executed in the absence of consent or when preferences of the patient are unknown, particularly in emergencies. Finally, selected aspects of compulsory procedures were presented, in particular the principles of compulsory examination of a patient in penal proceedings and the use of constraint in the emergency detoxification centers.
authors.affiliation: Katedry i Zakładu Medycyny Sadowej, Akademii Medycznej im. Karola Marcinkowskiego w Poznaniu.
authors.forename: Czesław
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Zaba
authors.forename: Paweł
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Swiderski
authors.forename: Zbigniew
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Zaba
authors.forename: Aneta
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Klimberg
authors.forename: Zygmunt
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Przybylski
mesh_terms: D034462:Dissent and Disputes / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D006291:Health Policy / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D006801:Humans; D007258:Informed Consent / Q000941:ethics* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D016743:Mental Competency; D033282:Parental Consent / Q000941:ethics; D028701:Patient Rights / Q000941:ethics* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D026684:Personal Autonomy; D011044:Poland; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians' / Q000941:ethics* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence