Consent Outline

Question 1

Consent to treatment

Answer 1

No matter what info an OH assessment reveals + therefore what dental trt a pt requires, the dental team must gain consent from the pt before that trt can be provided

Question 2

What is consent?

Answer 2

the pt or their legal guardian giving permission to the dental professional for trt to physical investigation to be carried out. It is a legal + ethical principle that consent must first be given + reflects the right of pts to decide what happens to their own bodies

Question 3

It cannot be assumed

Answer 3

that their attendance at workplace is a signal for any type of ‘hands on’ trt to be carried out without gaining consent before touching pt is considered assault

Question 4

The GDC would consider this occurrence

Answer 4

as serious professional misconduct + may suspend or remove the dp from the register

Question 5

To gain consent, three key principles must be addressed:

Answer 5

Informed= the pt must be given enough info to be able to make a decision, + in issues of trt options this must include a host of info

Voluntary decision= the pt alone must make a decision to proceed without coercion or threat

Ability= the pt must actually have the ability to make an informed decision