Emergency Physicians: Beware of the Consent Standard of Care

Many emergency physicians view informed consent as a necessary component of treatments or procedures to be performed on their patients. When such procedures are necessary, often there is a discussion of risks, benefits and alternatives with forms signed to validate the discussion. Two Wisconsin emer...

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Autores principales: Moore, Gregory P., Matlock, Aaron G., Kiley, John L., Percy, Katherine D.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: University of California Irvine, Department of Emergency Medicine publishing Western Journal of Emergency Medicine 2018
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Medical Legal Case Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5965105/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29849254
http://dx.doi.org/10.5811/cpcem.2018.1.37822
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description Many emergency physicians view informed consent as a necessary component of treatments or procedures to be performed on their patients. When such procedures are necessary, often there is a discussion of risks, benefits and alternatives with forms signed to validate the discussion. Two Wisconsin emergency department medical-legal cases have expanded liability of the duty of informed consent. These cases have focused on withholding medication and diagnostic tests.
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spelling pubmed-59651052018-05-30 Emergency Physicians: Beware of the Consent Standard of Care Moore, Gregory P. Matlock, Aaron G. Kiley, John L. Percy, Katherine D. Clin Pract Cases Emerg Med Medical Legal Case Reports Many emergency physicians view informed consent as a necessary component of treatments or procedures to be performed on their patients. When such procedures are necessary, often there is a discussion of risks, benefits and alternatives with forms signed to validate the discussion. Two Wisconsin emergency department medical-legal cases have expanded liability of the duty of informed consent. These cases have focused on withholding medication and diagnostic tests. University of California Irvine, Department of Emergency Medicine publishing Western Journal of Emergency Medicine 2018-04-05 /pmc/articles/PMC5965105/ /pubmed/29849254 http://dx.doi.org/10.5811/cpcem.2018.1.37822 Text en © 2018 Moore et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed in accordance with the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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