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The Significance and Application of Informed Consent
Author(s) -
Brazell Nancy E.
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
aorn journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.222
H-Index - 43
eISSN - 1878-0369
pISSN - 0001-2092
DOI - 10.1016/s0001-2092(06)63341-3
Subject(s) - informed consent , health care , perioperative nursing , nursing , perioperative , medicine , psychology , family medicine , alternative medicine , political science , surgery , law , pathology
Bringing well‐informed patients to the OR is a challenge for all who participate in surgical patients' care. Although the issue of informed consent has been around for a long time, it was not until the latter half of the twentieth century that health care professionals and patients began to focus on informed consent as a central concern in health care. This article explains the roots of informed consent, the path it has traveled, and the importance that health care professionals, especially perioperative nurses, play in ensuring that patients are fully informed about their impending procedures. AORN J 65 (Feb 1997) 377–386.