Let's Be Reasonable: Surgical Informed Consent in the COVID-19 Era. Issue 2 (19th December 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Raper, Steven E.; Clapp, Justin T.; Fleisher, Lee A.
• Is Part Of: Annals of surgery open. Volume 1:Issue 2(2020)
• Page Start: e016
• Publication Date: 2020-12-19
• Subjects: Surgery -- Periodicals; Surgery -- History -- Periodicals; General Surgery; Surgery; History; Periodicals; 616
• DOI: 10.1097/AS9.0000000000000016
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2691-3593

Abstract

Abstract : Mini-Abstract Our perspective on informed consent is that expanding the duty to disclose novel uncertainties (eg, the covid-19 pandemic) stretches the doctrine to almost limitless proportions. Instead, we argue for a more conventional view in which the informed consent process should remain focused on the proposed operation and its ramifications.