Consent in clinical practice / Margaret Mayberry with John Mayberry.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mayberry, Margaret.

Contributor:

Mayberry, John F.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Informed consent (Medical law).

Therapeutics--Decision making.

Therapeutics.

Patient participation.

Physician and patient.

Informed Consent.

Disclosure.

Patient Participation.

Physician-Patient Relations.

Medical Subjects:

Informed Consent.

Disclosure.

Patient Participation.

Physician-Patient Relations.

Physical Description:

123 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, U.K. : Radcliffe Medical Press, [2003]

Summary:

Increasing concern about clinical negligence demands the provision of more detailed patient information about the complications and risks of treatment, and the agreement of patients to any intervention, from a simple physical examination to the most complex surgical procedure.

This concise, practical guide provides doctors and nurses with the appropriate information needed to ensure that the patients have the knowledge to give informed consent. It identifies ways in which accusations of negligence can be minimised and includes explanations of the new NHS consent procedures that have recently been implemented. All healthcare professionals will find this book valuable reading.

Contents:

1 The ethical concepts behind consent 11

2 Consent to investigation and treatment: who is competent to give consent? 23

3 Consent to investigation and treatment: the need for information 33

4 Consent to investigation and treatment: the views of Government and professional organisations 51

5 Consent to investigation: the role of information in consent processes 67

6 Consent to investigation: an empirical study of information and consent processes in gastroscopy 81

Appendix 1 Information sheet about gastroscopy 107.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1857758048

OCLC:

52721742