Jove
Visualize
Contact Us
JoVE
x logofacebook logolinkedin logoyoutube logo
ABOUT JoVE
OverviewLeadershipBlogJoVE Help Center
AUTHORS
Publishing ProcessEditorial BoardScope & PoliciesPeer ReviewFAQSubmit
LIBRARIANS
TestimonialsSubscriptionsAccessResourcesLibrary Advisory BoardFAQ
RESEARCH
JoVE JournalMethods CollectionsJoVE Encyclopedia of ExperimentsArchive
EDUCATION
JoVE CoreJoVE BusinessJoVE Science EducationJoVE Lab ManualFaculty Resource CenterFaculty Site
Terms & Conditions of Use
Privacy Policy
Policies

Related Experiment Videos

Informed consent: ethical and legal aspects.

Carole A Klove1, Sarah J DiBoise, Betty Pang

  • 1Stanford Hospital and Clinics and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital, 300 Pasteur Drive, Stanford, CA 94305, USA. cklove@stanfordmed.org

Thoracic Surgery Clinics
|July 8, 2005
PubMed
Summary

Informed consent law impacts medical practice, establishing a physician

Related Concept Videos

You might also read

Related Articles

Articles linked to this work by shared authors, journal, and citation graph.

Sort by
Same author

Reply to: [Letter to the Editor].

Health equity·2025
Same author

Eliminating Algorithmic Racial Bias in Clinical Decision Support Algorithms: Use Cases from the Veterans Health Administration.

Health equity·2023
Same author

COPD and Rural Health: A Dialogue on the National Action Plan.

The Journal of rural health : official journal of the American Rural Health Association and the National Rural Health Care Association·2019
Same author

Making the most of online collaboration.

Science (New York, N.Y.)·2009
Same author

Rapid response, better outcomes.

Health management technology·2009

Area of Science:

  • Medical Law
  • Bioethics
  • Physician-Patient Relationship

Background:

  • The legal doctrine of informed consent significantly influences healthcare.
  • Various stakeholders, including patient advocates and regulatory bodies, shape its interpretation.
  • Legal principles are integral to daily medical practice.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To analyze the impact of informed consent doctrine on the physician-patient relationship.
  • To explore how legal ambiguities in informed consent affect medical practice.
  • To examine the role of informed consent in fostering trust.

Main Methods:

  • Legal doctrine analysis.
  • Review of stakeholder influences on informed consent.
  • Examination of physician duties and patient rights.

Main Results:

  • Informed consent establishes a duty for physicians to align patient and physician goals.
  • Physicians benefit from patient-accepted decisions based on their expertise.
  • Patients gain from decisions that respect their self-determined will.

Conclusions:

  • The informed consent doctrine fosters a partnership between physicians and patients.
  • It helps restore trust in the physician-patient relationship.
  • Navigating informed consent ambiguities is crucial for modern medical practice.

Related Experiment Videos