Certified Patient Decision Aids: Solving Persistent Problems with Informed Consent Law. Issue 1 (March 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Pope, Thaddeus Mason
• Other Names: Koch Valerie Gutmann guest-editor.; Elster Nanette R. guest-editor.
• Is Part Of: Journal of law, medicine & ethics. Volume 45:Issue 1(2017)
• Page Start: 12
• Page End: 40
• Publication Date: 2017-03
• Subjects: Medical laws and legislation -- United States -- Periodicals; Medical care -- Law and legislation -- United States -- Periodicals; Medical ethics -- Periodicals; Jurisprudence -- Periodicals; Legislation, Medical -- Periodicals; Legislation, Nursing -- Periodicals; Ethics -- Periodicals; Forensic Medicine -- Periodicals; Nursing -- Periodicals; Medicine -- Periodicals; Societies -- Periodicals; Medical care -- Law and legislation; Medical ethics; Medical laws and legislation; United States; Periodicals; 344.73041
• DOI: 10.1177/1073110517703097
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1073-1105

Abstract

The legal doctrine of informed consent has overwhelmingly failed to assure that the medical treatment patients get is the treatment patients want. This Article describes and defends an ongoing shift toward shared decision making processes incorporating the use of certified patient decision aids.