The New Era of Informed Consent: Getting to a Reasonable-Patient Standard Through Shared Decision Making

• Published in: JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association Vol. 315; no. 19; pp. 2063 - 2064
• Main Authors: Spatz, Erica S, Krumholz, Harlan M, Moulton, Benjamin W
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States American Medical Association 17.05.2016
• Subjects: Consent Forms - standards; Decision Making; Disclosure - legislation & jurisprudence; Disclosure - standards; Humans; Informed consent; Informed Consent - legislation & jurisprudence; Informed Consent - standards; Medical treatment; Patient Education as Topic - legislation & jurisprudence; Patient Education as Topic - standards; Patient Participation - legislation & jurisprudence; Patient-Centered Care - legislation & jurisprudence; Patient-Centered Care - standards; United Nations; United States; United States

The right of patients to be informed about care decisions in clinical practice is yet again under scrutiny, both in the US and around the world. The well-ingrained ethical-legal process of informed consent, so fundamental to patient autonomy--or the patient's right to self-determination--was th...