title: [Is the legally responsible party indeed responsible? An ethical-legal question on the term].
abstract: The authors discuss the legal and ethical meaning of the expression "Third-Party Consent" by questioning its limits. It is indeed shown that it does not satisfactorily meet what is called third-party consent because this would require legal endorsement by legal codes and norms which, in fact does not occur. As such, the expression "third-party consent", whenever used, may not provide the professional with the normative, ethical and legal support needed for professional performance.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Medicina Legal, Etica Médica, Medicina Social e do Trabalho da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade deSão Paulo, São Paulo, SP.
authors.forename: Júlio César
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Fontana-Rosa
authors.forename: Reinaldo Ayer de
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Oliveira
mesh_terms: D004992:Ethics, Medical; D006801:Humans; D016365:Liability, Legal; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians' / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence