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Title: | Informed consent : part 1 |
Authors: | Mallia, Pierre |
Keywords: | Informed consent (Medical law) Physician and patient Data protection |
Issue Date: | 2006-11 |
Publisher: | Medical Portals Ltd. |
Citation: | Mallia, P. (2006). Informed consent : part 1. The Synapse : the Medical Professionals' Network, 6, 12. |
Abstract: | The use of the phrase 'informed consent' has become much of a cliche. People perhaps use it without appreciating the meaning. I was recently at a meeting in Brussels, and the document we were reviewing spoke about 'withdrawing informed consent'. You do not, of course withdraw informed consent; you withdraw consent. Informed consent is a process. Conversely, at a meeting with the Data Protection commissioner, an insurance company, argued that they obtained 'consent' from a lady in order to look into her hospital file. She was subsequently refused settlement. Was the process of consent a truly informed process? Given the fact it was not explained to her that in the event that she suffered from a related condition she would not get the settlement, one cannot argue that a legal consent was obtained. I will refrain from commenting on how the hospital actually gave them the records of the patient. |
URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/44808 |
Appears in Collections: | The Synapse, Issue 06/06 The Synapse, Issue 06/06 |
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