Test 3 Flashcards
The action of an autonomous, informed person agreeing to submit to medical treatment or experimentation.
Informed Consent
What are the conditions for informed consent?
- Competence
- Adequate Disclosure
- Understanding of the information
- Voluntary decision making
- Consent
The ability to render decisions about medical interventions
Competence
The patient’s voluntary and deliberate giving up of the right to informed consent
Waiver
The withholding of relevant information from a patient when the physician believes disclosure would likely do harm
Therapeutic privilege
What landmark federal case led to the decision that a doctor must disclose all risks to a patient prior to a medical procedure?
Canterbury v. Spence
Canterbury went from back pain to paralysis because the risk was not disclosed.
Who conceived of informed consent as being made of 2 senses, autonomous authorization and effective consent?
Faden and Beauchamp
The sense focusing on the agent granting consent.
Autonomous Authorization
The sense focusing on the person requesting consent.
Effective consent
Given if a patient or subject with substantial understanding and in substantial absence of control by others intentionally authorizes a professional to act.
Informed Consent
What does Katz see informed consent as requiring?
Shared decision making
What are three barriers to joint decisions making?
- Medical uncertainty
- Patient incompetence
- Patient Autonomy
The pursuit of scientific knowledge for the purpose of advancing medicine
Research
The phase in drug testing which tests the drug in a few people for safety and adverse reactions and ascertains safe doses. Is not therapeutic.
Phase 1 trial
What are the ethical requirements for clinical trials?
- Informed voluntary consent
- Minimal risk to subjects
- Fair selection
- Privacy
- Review and Approval from a panel
