Consent : a pocket guide for nursing and health care /: a pocket guide for nursing and health care. (2023)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Marc Cornock.
• Authors: Cornock, Marc
• Contents: Preface; Acknowledgements; About the author; Common terminology and key concepts; Main legislation and legal cases ; ; 1Consent – definitions and foundations ; 1.1A first thought; 1.2What consent is not; 1.3Definition of consent; 1.4Consent: a process; 1.5The underpinning of consent; 1.6In summary: what consent is; ; 2The importance of consent ; 2.1An initial answer; 2.2Self-determination; 2.3The ethical basis for consent; 2.4The legal basis for consent; 2.5The professional basis for consent; 2.6In summary: two main reasons; ; 3The three principles of consent ; 3.1The consent principles; 3.2Competence; 3.3Adequate information; 3.4Voluntariness; 3.4.1Involuntary treatment; 3.5In summary: legally valid consent; ; 4Those who can give consent ; 4.1Introduction; 4.2The patient; 4.2.1Adult patients; 4.2.2Patients aged 16 and 17; 4.2.3Patients under 16; 4.3Parents and parental responsibility; 4.4Relatives and next of kin; 4.5Patient representatives; 4.6Competence assessment; 4.7Assessors of competence; 4.8In summary: giving consent; ; 5Obtaining consent ; 5.1Seeking consent; 5.2Written consent; 5.3Oral consent; 5.4Inferred/implied consent; 5.5Consent vs. assent; 5.6Recording consent; 5.7In summary: how to obtain consent; ; 6Lack of patient consent ; 6.1Inability to obtain consent; 6.2Competent patients; 6.2.1Patient refusal; 6.2.2Withdrawal of consent by a patient; 6.3Incompetent patients; 6.3.1Lasting Power of Attorney; 6.3.2Principle of necessity; 6.3.3Best Interests; 6.4Child patients; 6.5In summary: when there is no consent; ; References; Useful resources
• Publisher Details: Banbury : Lantern
• Publication Date: 2023
• Extent: 1 online resource (70 pages)
• Subjects: 174.2; Informed consent (Medical law)
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781914962073
• Related ISBNs: 9781914962066
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