Informed Concern

Question 1

Summarize the history of informed consent

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First printed 1847 with the founding of AMA
• “The obedience of a patient to the prescriptions of his physician should be prompt and implicit”

• 3 chapters outline reciprocal duties
• to patients
• to the profession
• to the public

Question 2

What is the legal precedent of informed consent?

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Question 3

What was the court’s ruling on Schloendorff?

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Question 4

What is the Nuremberg code, 1947?

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Question 5

Why is Canterbury vs Spence a landmark case?

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Question 6

What grounds was the physician sued on Canterbury vs Spence?

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Question 7

How should physicians handle patients that don’t want to be informed?

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Question 8

What are the AMA code of ethics?

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Question 9

Give an overview of informed consent

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Question 10

Differentiate between medical battery and medical malpractice

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Question 11

Describe the elements of informed consent

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Question 12

What information must be disclosed?

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Question 13

Contrast disclosure and understanding

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Question 14

What’s the significance if patient comprehension?

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Question 15

What are patient decision aids?

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Question 16

Differentiate between the reasonable patient physician

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Question 17

Distinguish between competence, insanity, and capacity of individual adults and minors

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Question 18

What is capacity?

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Question 19

When is capacity gained or lost?

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Question 20

How do minors interact with informed consent?

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Question 21

What about detaining a patient to protect them without informed consent?

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