medical consent
Treatment approval form
Medical consent is permission given by a patient for a medical procedure, treatment, or examination.
The fuller term informed consent emphasizes that the patient must understand what they're agreeing to—risks, benefits, alternatives.
Without valid consent, medical intervention may constitute assault or malpractice.
Consent can be explicit, implied by circumstances, or given by proxy when the patient cannot decide.
- bodily autonomyControl over one's physique
- self-determinationControl over one's fate
- next of kinNearest living family members
- power of attorneyLegal authority for another's decisions
- HIPAA complianceMedical records protection law
privacy rights · minor child · treatment plan · second opinion · patient autonomy · bodily integrity · right to refuse · advance directives · living will · do not resuscitate · decision-making capacity · form · coercion · abortion rights · signature · disclosure · witness · decision-making
- consent forms
- Elder Lawelder abuse, elder rights, elder care, elder neglect, eldercare
- women's rightssuffrage movement, women's suffrage, women's rights, gender equality, feminism
- autonomyfreedom, self-rule, independence, self-determination, free will
- Body Rightsbodily autonomy, self-ownership, reproductive rights, patient rights, right to refuse
- consentpermission, right to refuse, opt-in, opt-out, assent
medical consentinvoluntary treatment
Medical care given despite refusal
compulsory treatment · involuntary commitment · forced medication