Chapter 12
who should be responsible for reviewing with the patient the risk, benefits, and alternative of a proposed diagnostic test or treatment?
Decribe what information a patient should be provided prior to undergoing a risk procedure in order to consent to be informed
why is it important to obtain consent from a patient prior to proceeding with a risk procedure?
can a patient consent to a procedure and then withdraw it?
can a parent refuse to consent to a lifesaving procedure for his or her child? Discuss your answer
Discuss how much information is sufficient in order for informed consent to be effective ( e.g. consider your answer here from both the objective and subjective forms of consent)
Discuss the implications of the following statement:b"patients are generally person unlearned in the medical sciences and, therefore, except in rare instance, the knowledge of patient and physician is not in parity"
Chapter 14
Describe the significant of the Patient Self-Determination Act
Describe the right of patients as reviewed in this chapter
Describe the responsibilities of patients as reviewed in this chapter
Should a competent person have a right to refuse treatment?
why do you think a patient's responsibilities are as important as his or her right?
Should a hospital be able to assert whatever interest the state itself may have in seeking to compel an unwilling patient to undergo a routine, lifesaving medical procedure ? Explain
Discusss the importance of a patient's responsibility to communicate to the staff any symptoms he or she is experiencing.