Health professionals ethical and legal liability on patient’s inadequate clarification in order to obtain free and informed consent

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dc.contributor.authorSerra, Mônica da Costa [UNESP]
dc.contributor.authorMelhen, José Eduardo
dc.contributor.authorMelani, Rodolfo Francisco Haltenhoff
dc.contributor.authorFernandes, Clemente Maia da Silva [UNESP]
dc.contributor.institutionUniversidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)
dc.contributor.institutionCentro Universitário de Araraquara (UNIARA)
dc.contributor.institutionUniversidade de São Paulo (USP)
dc.date.accessioned2015-08-06T16:13:46Z
dc.date.available2015-08-06T16:13:46Z
dc.date.issued2010
dc.description.abstractIt is required that patients are provided information about therapeutic possibilities, showing the risks, benefits, prognosis and costs of each possible and indicated alternative. This is an ethical and legal resolution. However, health professionals possess the clinical/technical/scientific knowledge and determine what information will be (or not) provided. The patient in question decides to undergo a treatment, providing his/her free and informed consent on the basis of the data presented. Unfortunately, some professionals may not provide all the information necessary for making an informed decision or, after obtaining the consent of the patient, may provide him information that causes the patient to give up on the treatment initially accepted. Such information, if relevant, and not a supervening fact, should have been provided initially. However, the information may not be entirely true, and bring the patient, for instance, to decide based on inadequately presented risks. The craniofacial rehabilitation of the temporomandibular joint (TMJ) by means of TMJ prosthesis, is indicated in many situations. Often, patients in need of such prostheses have aesthetic and functional problems and the rehabilitation expectations run high. This work presents a case and discusses ethical and legal issues, including the liability of partial and inadequate information to a patient.en
dc.description.affiliationUniversidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho, Departamento de Odontologia Social, Faculdade de Odontologia de Araraquara, Araraquara, Rua Humaitá 1680, Centro, CEP 14801-903, SP, Brasil
dc.description.affiliationUnespUniversidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho, Departamento de Odontologia Social, Faculdade de Odontologia de Araraquara, Araraquara, Rua Humaitá 1680, Centro, CEP 14801-903, SP, Brasil
dc.format.extent160-162
dc.identifierhttp://www.eubios.info/EJAIB.htm
dc.identifier.citationEubios Journal of Asian and International Bioethics, v. 20, n. 5, p. 160-162, 2010.
dc.identifier.issn1173-2571
dc.identifier.lattes1870516862560135
dc.identifier.lattes6943586132589517
dc.identifier.lattes9239424610946597
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11449/126032
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofEubios Journal of Asian and International Bioethics
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dc.sourceCurrículo Lattes
dc.titleHealth professionals ethical and legal liability on patient’s inadequate clarification in order to obtain free and informed consenten
dc.typeArtigo
unesp.author.lattes1870516862560135
unesp.author.lattes6943586132589517
unesp.author.lattes9239424610946597
unesp.campusUniversidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp), Faculdade de Odontologia, Araraquarapt
unesp.departmentOdontologia Socialpt

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