Chapter 12 Flashcards
Voluntary agreement by a person who possesses sufficient mental capacity to make an intelligent choice to allow something proposed by another to be performed on himself or herself
Consent
Verbal agreement or the execution of a written document authorizing medical care
Express consent
Presumption that consent has been authorized
Implied consent
Patient ahs a right to know the potential risks, benefits and alternatives of a proposed procedure
Informed consent
Consent told vocally
Oral consent
Consent that provides visible proof of a patient’s wishes
Written consent
Minimum age at which a person is considered to be legally competent to consent to medical care
Age of consent
When a patient is clinically unable to give consent to a lifesaving emergency treatment, law implies consent on the presumption that a reasonable person would consent to lifesaving medical intervention
Statutory consent
Physician should provide as much information to patient in order for them to make medical decisions
Adequacy of consent
Parental consent is not required when a minor is ___ or otherwise emancipated
Married
Individual who is by law invested with the power and charged with the duty of taking care of a patient by protecting the patient’s rights and managing the patient’s estate
Guardianship
Patient has the right to receive information from physicians and to discuss benefits, risks, and costs of appropriate treatment alternatives
AMA code of medical ethics
Dentist has a duty to respect the patient’s rights to self determination and confidentiality
ADA code of ethics
Patients have moral and legal right to determine what will be done with their own person
ANA code of ethics (ethical and legal rights)
Exemption from informed consent guidelines
Therapeutic privilege
