Informed Consent

Authors: Kessel, Ross
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Hastings Center Report
Abstract: Reports on a Court of Appeal ruling that overrides children's legal rights to refuse medical treatment. 1969 Family Reform Act; 1985 House of Lords ruling; Guidelines for Ethics Committees (1991); 1989 Children's Act; Case of a sixt...
Year: 1993

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Authors: King, Nancy M. P
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Hastings Center Report
Abstract: Suggests that giving up the distinction between experiment and treatment will make it easier to focus on informed consent and harder to beg questions on uncertainty and shared decision making in medicine. Controlling experimentation...
Year: 1995

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Authors: Katz, Jay
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Hastings Center Report
Abstract: Discusses the ethics of human experimentation. Tribute to Henry Beecher; Examination of physician-investigators' responsibilities; Doctrine of informed consent; Interactions between investigators and subjects; Theoretical formulatio...
Year: 1993

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Authors: Insoo, Hyun
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Hastings Center Report
Abstract: Explains authenticity conditions regarding a patient's waiver of informed consent. Analysis of general conditions under which a patient's waiver of informed consent would be non-autonomous and ethically problematic; Importance of au...
Year: 2002

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Authors: Howe, E. G. ; Martin, E. D.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Hastings Center Report
Abstract: Discusses the issue of using drugs classified by the FDA as `investigational' on military personnel if necessary in the Persian Gulf and the issue of whether the consent of the individuals would be necessary. The arguments supportin...
Year: 1991

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Authors: Hawkins, Jennifer S. ; Emanuel, Ezekiel J.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Hastings Center Report
Abstract: Presents clarifications on the use of the word coercion in settings where clinical investigation is conducted. Definition of coercion; Association between coercion and informed consent; Confusion regarding the use of the word coerci...
Year: 2005

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Authors: Haimowitz, Stephen ; Delano, Susan J. ; Oldham, John M.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Hastings Center Report
Abstract: Analyzes the implications of a New York court's decision to struck down Office of Mental Health (OMH) regulations governing research involving subjects with impaired decision making capacity. Aspects of `TD versus New York State Off...
Year: 1997

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Authors: Gostin, Larry ; Hull, Richard T.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Hastings Center Report
Abstract: Presents a hypothetical case study of a woman, Carol M (Ms. M), diagnosed with acute abdomen and schizophrenia who refused treatment, but, on the approval of her mother, underwent surgery. The question of how competent a patient mus...
Year: 1992

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Authors: Guiles, Renee M. ; Appelbaum, Paul S.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Hastings Center Report
Abstract: Details a case study concerning the issue of patients' rights and informed consent requirements. Efforts to preserve patients' rights; Apparent legal interest of the hospital and personnel involved; Fear of liability; Irrationality ...
Year: 1997

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Authors: Gert, Heather J.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Hastings Center Report
Abstract: Proposes a model for the obligation of physicians in informing their patients about their medical condition. Information on the legal aspect of informed consent; Importance of informing patients about their condition; Features of th...
Year: 2002

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Authors: Bernat, James L. ; Mogielnicki, Peter ; Gert, Bernard
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Hastings Center Report
Abstract: Objects to some aspects of the report `Decisions Near the End of Life,' by the American Medical Association Council on Ethical and Judicial Affairs. Discussion of the report's use of `choices' and `decisions'; The distinction betwee...
Year: 1994

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Authors: Geller, Gail ; Strauss, Misha
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Hastings Center Report
Abstract: Discusses the moral and ethical aspects of informed consent in breast cancer diagnosis. Insights from consumers regarding informed consent; Role of provider recommendations; Challenges to the components and process of informed conse...
Year: 1997

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Authors: Fletcher, J. C.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Hastings Center Report
Abstract: Examines the goals of the Patient Self-Determination Act. Two case studies; Opposition to the bill; The right to refuse treatment....
Year: 1990

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Authors: Emanuel, Linda L. ; Emanuel, Ezekiel J.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Hastings Center Report
Abstract: Offers advice for health care institutions to guide treatment decisions for incompetent patients who have no advance directives. Guidance from the communities of patients; Instructional directives and proxy designation; Realization ...
Year: 1993

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Authors: Cerfolio, Nina ; Dwyer, James
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Hastings Center Report
Abstract: Opinion. Presents a case study of a 39-year-old woman who prefers myomectomy over hysterectomy to remove the fibroids in her uterus. Acceptable or reasonable options; Higher risk associated with myomectomy....
Year: 1996

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Authors: Gaylin, Willard ; Doukas, David
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Hastings Center Report
Abstract: Opinion. Presents a case study of a seventy-year-old man who had a series of myocardial infarction and who has threatened to commit suicide. Prognosis of illness; Nature of suicide threats in the elderly; Impact of terminal illness ...
Year: 1995

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Authors: Dresser, Rebecca
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Hastings Center Report
Abstract: Reports that the California Supreme Court refused to authorize cessation of severely brain-damaged Robert Wendland's medical nutrition and hydration. Argument of his wife Rose; Requirement of California law for physicians; Opinion o...
Year: 2002

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Authors: Davis, Dena S.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Hastings Center Report
Abstract: Discusses the risks and benefits of communally based genetic research. Purpose of the HapMap project of the National Human Genome Research Institute; Information on the Jewish ancestry of the Lemba tribe in South Africa; Genetic res...
Year: 2004

Biblio - KBL781 - 2010-11-18 15:34

Authors: Crouch, Robert A.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Hastings Center Report
Abstract: Argues against the use of cochlear implants in perlingually deaf children. Theoretical possibility of enabling perlingual deaf children to hear through cochlear implants; Conditions for the facilitation of the entrance of the previo...
Year: 1997

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Authors: Clayton, Ellen Wright ; Kodish, Eric
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Hastings Center Report
Abstract: Offers different views on the case study of a three-month old baby with congenital heart disease whose parents rejected the open heart surgery recommended by the cardiologist. Reason behind the rejection of the parents; What the rep...
Year: 1999

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Authors: Childress, James F. ; Fletcher, John C.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Hastings Center Report
Abstract: Discusses the significance of the principle of respect for autonomy in bioethics. Debate concerning the proper meaning, scope and strength of the principle; Respect for autonomy as an important moral principle for research, medicine...
Year: 1994

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Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: For her dissemination, Wilma plans to conduct a prospective pregnancy student that will involve couples trying to conceive. However, when reviewing Wilma's consent form, her advisor notices that it makes no mention of informing coup...
Year: 2001
URL: http://www.onlineethics.org/Resources/Cases/pregnancy.aspx

Authors: Chervenak, F. A. ; McCullough, L. B.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Hastings Center Report
Abstract: Asserts that, under certain conditions, doctors may justifiably limit patients' refusals of medical intervention. Impact of a request for an unreasonable alternative and a refusal based on a negative right to noninterference; The be...
Year: 1991

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Authors: Carrese, Joseph ; Brown, Kate
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Hastings Center Report
Abstract: Provides a case study of Dr. Leigh's relationship with a patient's mother, Ying Saeto, and covers Dr. Leigh's question about how far is she supposed to go with cultural sensitivity; Saeto background; Her traditional Mien cure for pa...
Year: 1993

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Authors: Cassell, Eric J.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Hastings Center Report
Abstract: Focuses on the principles applied in clinical medicine in Belmont, Tennessee. Discussion of the principle of beneficence; Recognition of the importance of the freedom of choice; Focus of medicine on functional abnormalities and path...
Year: 2000

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