title: Making patients active participants in their own treatment decisions.
abstract: 'No decision about me without me' describes the Department of Health's latest vision for the health service where patients are active participants in their treatment decisions. This article argues that for 'no decision about me without me' to be a reality, nurses must be required to obtain a truly informed consent from their patients by ensuring that information about the benefits and risks of treatment are properly explained to all patients regardless of their ability to question the treatment decision.
authors.affiliation: College of Human and Health Sciences, Swansea University.
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Griffith
mesh_terms: D017007:Duty to Warn / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D018166:Health Care Reform / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D010358:Patient Participation / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000379:methods*; D028701:Patient Rights / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006113:United Kingdom