This article summarizes the process of informed consent from its legal, ethical and
therapeutic vantage points. Helping the patient understand procedures provides legal …

In the nuclear medicine setting, the task of obtaining informed consent for procedures that
require it is frequently left to the nuclear medicine technologist. Unfortunately, a patient's …

The informed consent process has acquired great importance in the practice of medicine. In
the past, it was deemed that the patient should trust the doctor as the decision maker; …

This article reviews the concept of informed patient consent by examining two long-term
studies in which adequate consent was not obtained from study participants: the radiation …

Because of the procedure-oriented nature of their specialty, radiologists obtain informed
consent from patients daily. This paper attempts to help the radiologist obtain informed …

Health professionals are obliged to provide the patient and/or his or her guardian with
information about examinations and treatment. In the case of examinations involving the use …

The patient's right to be informed has been universally recognized and reflected in the legal
system of many countries. This right to correct and complete information on behalf of the …

The complexities involved in conforming with the legal doctrine of informed consent at
present are seemingly limitless. This communication is designed to acquaint the physician …

Informed consent in medical practice is a continuing process of communication between the
patient and the treating medical practitioner. The legal and ethical implications of this when …

Two methods were used in an attempt to determine whether written consent forms serve a
useful medicolegal purpose in Australian radiotherapy departments. First a survey was …