Week 6: Consent

Question 1

What is consent?

Answer 1

Consent is a voluntary, uncoerced decision made by a sufficiently competent or autonomous person on a basis if adequate information and deliberation to accept rather than reject some purpose course of action

Question 2

When is consent valid?

Answer 2

• when the patient has capacity
• when consent is given voluntarily
• when the nature if the treatment has been understood by the patient

Question 3

What is informed consent?

Answer 3

Consent that requires disclosure, understanding, competence and volunatariness, the patient must understand the nature in order ton make an informed decision

Question 4

What is implied consent?

Answer 4

The assumption that a person has given permission for an action which is inferred in his or her actions, rather than expressly or explicitly provided

Question 5

When can you assume consent?

Answer 5

• in an life-threatening emergency and they cannot provide consent
• a person that has been assessed under the MHA
• a person is a risk to the public with a serious communicable disease

Question 6

What are the 7 principles of confidentiality?

Answer 6

• justify the purpose for using confidential info
• dont use personal data unless needed
• use minimum necessary personal data
• access to personal confidential data is on a need to know basis
• Everyone with access to personal data should be aware of responsibilities
• comply with the law
• duty to share info is just as important as duty to protect info