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Breaking Down Informed Consent
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Breaking Down Informed Consent
How many of us have ever stopped to think about what we’re actually agreeing to when we accept medical treatment.
Dr. Lindley breaks informed consent down into four important parts:
1. Information: Have you been told about the benefits, risks, alternatives and what happens if you do nothing?
2. Understanding: Has everything been explained in a way you genuinely understand?
3. Capacity: Are you able to weigh up the information and make your own decision?
4. Voluntariness: Are you making that decision freely, without pressure?
But there’s a fifth point that I think is particularly important.
5. The right to say NO.
As Dr Lindley puts it, if you can only say yes, you’re not really consenting. You’re complying.
👉 Read Dr Lindley’s article:
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