SEMESTER- V
RESPIRATORY MODULE WEEK- 02
Law Relation to Medical Man-IV (Consent) Lecture by Dr.Sonomal Forensic Medicine & Toxicology Department
LECTURE OUTLINES:
DEFINITION
Consent is defined as voluntary agreement. Compliance. Permission.
Consent and its Validity
It becomes legally valid, when it is given only after understanding:
CONSENT IN MEDICAL PRACTICE
Every person has the right to have his body integrity protected against invasion by others and only rarely this can be compared (e.g. during arrest). Consent is the ethical precept that allows the patient to make invasion lawful-whether that invasion is into their body or their confidential information.
TYPES OF CONSENT
Consent in routine medical practice is basically of two types: Implied Consent and Expressed Consent
ü Implied consent
ü Expressed consent
ü Oral consent
ü Written consent
Relevance of consent in medical practice
ü Rules of consent
ü CONSENT IN RELATION TO CERTAIN
DIAGNOSTIC AND THERAPEUTIC PURPOSES
This is better understood by discussing under the parameters of rules of consent, Precautions during consent, and types of consent.
ü Doctrine of Informed Consent (Synonym: Rule of Full Disclosure,
Written Informed Consent, Informed Consent)
ü PRECAUTIONS DURING CONSENT
These include formalities on how a doctor should act in obtaining consent:
v Explain the object of it.
v Inform the patient that he/she has the right to refuse.
v Explain the complete procedure of treatment.
ü CONSENT AND CERTAIN DEVIATIONS AND EXCEPTIONS
Rules of consent are though rigid in their legal implications. Certain deviations are usually allowed and they are.
v Doctrine of therapeutic privileges
v Doctrine of emergency
v Doctrine of Iocoparentis
CONSENT AND AGE
CONSENT IN RELATION TO MEDICOLEGAL PURPOSES
CONSENT IN RELATION TO AUTOPSY AND ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION
Consent in Relation to Remove
and Retain Parts of the Body
CONSENT IN RELATION TO ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION
In living:
In dead:
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