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Informed Consent: An Ethical Dilemma
Author(s) -
Cisar Nancy S.,
Bell Shirley K.
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
nursing forum
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.618
H-Index - 36
eISSN - 1744-6198
pISSN - 0029-6473
DOI - 10.1111/j.1744-6198.1995.tb00475.x
Subject(s) - dilemma , ethical dilemma , informed consent , health care , ethical decision , psychology , public relations , nursing , engineering ethics , political science , medicine , social psychology , law , alternative medicine , epistemology , philosophy , pathology , engineering
Health care today involves complex decisions. How these decisions are made and by whom are the concerns of consumers, healthcare providers, ethicists, third‐party payers, and the legal community. The authors explore the question of whether hospitalized clients participate in informed decision making and they use a case study to demonstrate application of Curtin's model for ethical decision making.