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Dr KK Aggarwal and Ms Ira Gupta 11 April 2018
There is a difference in the nature of express consent of the patient, known as ‘Real’ consent in the United Kingdom (UK) and as ‘Informed’ consent in the United States (US).
According to Department of Health in the UK, consent is the voluntary and continuing permission of the patient to receive a particular treatment based on an adequate knowledge of the purpose, nature and likely risks of the treatment including the likelihood of its success and any alternatives to it. Permission given under any unfair or undue pressure is not consent. The elements of consent are defined with reference to the patient and consent is considered to be valid and ‘real’ when:
On the other hand, the concept of ‘informed’ consent developed by the courts in the US, while retaining the basic requirements of consent, shifts the emphasis to the duty of the doctor to disclose the necessary information to the patient to secure his consent. It is an agreement for a proposed medical treatment or nontreatment or for a proposed invasive procedure. It requires physicians to disclose the benefits, risks and alternatives to the proposed treatment, nontreatment or procedure. It is the method by which fully informed, rational persons may be involved in choices about their healthcare.
Taber’s Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary defines ‘Informed’ consent as below:
“Consent that is given by a person after receipt of the following information:
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