RT Book, Section
A1 Siff, Jonathan E.
A1 Baskin, Bryan E.
A2 Tintinalli, Judith E.
A2 Ma, O. John
A2 Yealy, Donald M.
A2 Meckler, Garth D.
A2 Stapczynski, J. Stephan
A2 Cline, David M.
A2 Thomas, Stephen H.
SR Print(0)
ID 1169861532
T1 Legal Issues in Emergency Medicine
T2 Tintinalli's Emergency Medicine: A Comprehensive Study Guide, 9e
YR 2020
FD 2020
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9781260019933
LK accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1169861532
RD 2024/04/19
AB Informed  consent  is  a  requirement  for  providers  to  educate  patients  with  the  capacity  enough  to  make  medical  decisions  (or  their  surrogates)  about  proposed  treatments  and  alternatives,  to  gain  agreement  or  refusal,  and  to  document  that  decision.1,2  Informed  consent  fosters  the  twin  concepts  of  patient  well-being  and  autonomy.  The  American  College  of  Emergency  Physicians  Code  of  Ethics3  recognizes  the  obligations,  stating:  Emergency  physicians  “serve  the  best  interest  of  their  patients  by  treating  or  preventing  disease  or  injury  and  by  informing  patients  about  their  condition.”  It  also  states  that:  “Adult  patients  with  decision-making  capacity  have  a  right  to  accept  or  refuse  recommended  health  care,  and  physicians  have  a  concomitant  duty  to  respect  their  choices.  This  right  is  grounded  in  the  moral  principle  of  respect  for  patient  autonomy  and  is  expressed  in  the  legal  doctrine  of  informed  consent.”3