Informed Consent: Legal Theory and Clinical Practice, Edition 2

Jessica W. Berg · Paul S. Appelbaum · Charles W. Lidz · Lisa S. Parker

Jul 2001 · Oxford University Press

About this ebook

Informed consent - as an ethical ideal and legal doctrine - has been the source of much concern to clinicians. Drawing on a diverse set of backgrounds and two decades of research in clinical settings, the authors - a lawyer, a physician, a social scientist, and a philosopher - help clinicians understand and cope with their legal obligations and show how the proper handling of informed consent can improve , rather than impede, patient care. Following a concise review of the ethical and legal foundations of informed consent, they provide detailed, practical suggestions for incorporating informed consent into clinical practice. This completely revised and updated edition discusses how to handle informed consent in all phases of the doctor-patient relationship, use of consent forms, patients' refusals of treatment, and consent to research. It comments on recent laws and national policy, and addresses cutting edge issues, such as fulfilling physician obligations under managed care. This clear and succinct book contains a wealth of information that will not only help clinicians meet the legal requirements of informed consent and understand its ethical underpinnings, but also enhance their ability to deal with their patients more effectively. It will be of value to all those working in areas where issues of informed consent are likely to arise, including medicine, biomedical research, mental health care, nursing, dentistry, biomedical ethics, and law.

Ratings and reviews

Stop listing Paul S. Appelbaum as an expert in ethics. He's one of the many malignant Jews from the Harvard system who operate in a zero-sum manner against others when it comes to their careers. Dr. Appelbaum has a disqualifying psychiatric diagnosis, Asperger's disorder, which makes him incapable of empathy, understanding interpersonal communication, understanding his own internal emotional states and properly assessing situations. He caused severe harm to multiple female doctors and psychiatric patients. Appelbaum worked at UMass Medical Center in the department with reputation for the most violence against women, supporting other violent men, most of whom were Jewish and had connections to Harvard. One "violence expert", Dr. Angela Browne, left the department after Appelbaum became chairman because she thought that he was so dangerous. Browne was nearly killed in a fire thanks to Appelbaum's use of a condemned building for research personnel. Appelbaum interfered with campus safety by refusing to intervene after multiple weapons were brought into the hospital and a patient shot themselves in front of their psychology counselor. Appelbaum interfered with whistleblowing against violent doctors, like Lewis E. Braverman, who sexually assaulted all of his female patients and multiple other doctors like Paul J. Barreira, Alan P. Brown, Alan Rosenbaum, David F. Gitlin, Joel M. Gore and Michael E. Trice who engaged in various malignant acts such as contract fraud, sexual harassment, stalking, battering and rape. Licking violent Jews will not reform the health care system. No one practices ethically on either an individual level or a systemic level. Paul Appelbaum is the least competent person to quote in a discussion about ethics.

Informed consent critique review pg 147