Informed Consent and Patient Autonomy

A Companion to Bioethics: Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 530-540

  Young, Robert ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

American case, Salgo v. Leland Stanford Jr. University Board of Trustees; Central importance of patient self determination; Doctrine of informed consent court judgments about health care provided to patients; Evolutionary development of legal protection for patient autonomy; Informed consent and patient autonomy; Informed consent competent, understanding information disclosed to patient; Legal requirement for consent in therapeutic settings; Moral foundation for requiring informed consent; Patient self determination; Professional practice standard and patient centered "reasonable person standard"

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885565775     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444307818.ch44     Document Type: Chapter

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