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2. Conscience clause in medicine in the United States - Wikipedia

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   An informed consent clause, although allowing medical professionals not to perform procedures against their conscience, does not allow professionals to give fraudulent information to deter a patient from obtaining such a procedure (such as lying about the risks involved in an abortion to deter one from obtaining one) in order to impose one's belief using deception.

3. Mature minor doctrine - Wikipedia

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   Any minors capable of informed consent, but informed refusal of medical treatment can be overruled. [25] Kansas: 16 Minors aged 16 are permitted de jure to consent to medical treatment when no parent is available. Mature minors are permitted to consent to medical treatment, but maturity must be assessed on a case-by-case basis. [25] Louisiana: None

4. Informed consent - Wikipedia

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   The informed consent doctrine is generally implemented through good healthcare practice: pre-operation discussions with patients and the use of medical consent forms in hospitals. However, reliance on a signed form should not undermine the basis of the doctrine in giving the patient an opportunity to weigh and respond to the risk.

5. More states are requiring patients to give consent for ... - AOL

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   A new batch of states are looking to legislate the level of informed consent when it comes to medical students performing pelvic exams for educational purposes on unconscious patients. At least 20 ...

6. Informed assent - Wikipedia

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   In adult medical research, the term informed consent is used to describe a state whereby a competent individual, having been fully informed about the nature, benefits and risks of a clinical trial, agrees to their own participation. National authorities define certain populations as vulnerable and therefore unable to provide informed consent ...

7. Salgo v. Leland Stanford Jr. University Board of Trustees

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   This case coined the term "informed consent" by emphasizing the need for recognizable and adequate consent. Natanson v. Kline: 1960 This helped establish what was required to be disclosed before a procedure, helping to set the boundaries of informed consent. Negligence could be used in informed consent cases. Cobbs v. Grant: 1972

8. Patients' rights - Wikipedia

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   Right to emergency care: Public and private hospitals have an obligation to provide emergency medical care regardless of the patients' capacity to pay for the services. Right to informed consent: Patients have the right to be asked for their informed consent before submitting to potentially hazardous treatment. Physicians should clearly explain ...

9. Woman’s sterilization was ‘gross negligence.’ Now California ...

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   The surgeon’s license of Hanford physician David Wayne Nelson is to be revoked by the California Medical Board after the board determined Nelson was guilty of gross negligence by performing a ...