Beyond Canterbury: Can Medicine and Law Agree about Informed Consent? And Does It Matter?. Issue 1 (March 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Ginsberg, Marc D.
• 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: 106
• Page End: 111
• 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: 10.1177/1073110517703104
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1073-1105

Abstract

Informed consent is central to the law of the physicianpatient relationship, respecting patient autonomy. This paper addresses a conflict between law and medicine in defining informed consent. Additionally, it addresses the possibility that patients prefer not to be "informed" and would defer decision-making to their physicians.