Implementation of Informed Consent in Complementary & Alternative Medicine (Cam) in Homeopathy Services by Ahmadiyya Congregation Practices in Yogyakarta and Jakarta

Informed consent is the consent given to a patient for a medical action after obtaining all important information about the nature and consequences of the action. Procedures regarding the method and content of informed consent still need to be analyzed to provide protection for doctors, patients and related institutions. The purpose of this study is to discuss more deeply about the method and content of informed consent in homeopathic services by practitioners of the Ahmadiyya congregation. This study used a qualitative descriptive method with a total of 20 participants consisting of homeopaths, patients, and staff of the National Homeopathy Department which was conducted through in- depth interviews using purposive sampling and then data is processed using coding and presented descriptively. Homeopaths more often use informed consent oral. The elements of informed consent: • A good way of delivering information is conditioned according to the background and psychological condition of the patient. • Correct in the delivery of homeopathy (how to reveal the patient's diagnosis, alternative goals of action, risks, prognosis where every homeopath never promises a cure to the patient and completely free financing except for homeopaths that have independent clinics. • Complete information the factors that influence the use of homeopathy are dissatisfaction in 34% of patients; need for personal control in 16% of patients; and philosophical congruence in 50% of patients. The application of informed consent is not just giving a signature, but the essence of informed consent is explanation of the information followed by informed consent either in oral or written form so that the patient can make decisions and can be accounted for. More comprehensive education, policies and in-depth socialization of informed consent are urgently needed for practitioners.