Abstract
Consent in medical practice
Highlights
The competent adult patient has a fundamental right to give or withhold consent to examination, investigation or treatment
Consent is a concept of great complexity
For most people it means an agreement to a course of action based on full information, free of constraint and given verbally or in writing
Summary
The competent adult patient has a fundamental right to give or withhold consent to examination, investigation or treatment. This right is founded on the moral principle of respect of autonomy. The word “consent” is defined in the Oxford English dictionary as “permission for something to happen or agreement to do something” [1]. In the field of Medicine, consent has always been a difficult and worrying area for medical officers. · Examination of a living patient for the purpose of diagnosis and subsequent treatment (includes surgical procedures). · Examination of a living patient for medicolegal purposes. · Collecting data from patients for medical research purposes
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