Informed Consent: the Construction of Composing Elements and the Optimum of the Procedure
- VernacularTitle:知情同意:要素构成与过程优化
- Author:
Xiju ZHAO
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
informed consent, disclosure, adequate understanding, competency, voluntariness, decision
- From:
Chinese Medical Ethics
1995;0(03):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
The effective implement of informed consent depends on the adequate disclosure of the medical information, the understanding and the voluntariness of the patients, the competency and the effective decision of the patients. The process of informed consent is the progress of the composing elements. The doctor should provide the patients with enough information needed for the medical decisions, which should be in an acceptive way so that the patients could understand it easily. In the test of competency, unlike the civil capacity, the understanding ability and the maturity should be considered. Patients' consent should be voluntary. The consent, including expressional and implied consent, generally can be withdrawn or exempted exceptionally, but the right should be applied carefully.
