Jessica McSevney
IPE Short Answer Question
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Consent
Consent is private genetic information about a person should generally not be obtained, held or communicated without that person’s free and informed consent.
(Hogston, R, 2007:p.503)
In 2001 the publication of the Reference Guide to Consent for Examination or Treatment (DoH ,2001a) as part of the strategies outlined in the government White Paper Good Practice in Consent (DoH, 2001b) helped to clarify the nurse’s role in informed consent. These helped to summarised and make clear exactly what consent means when working with a patient or obtaining consent for a minor. The law in England consists of a 12 key points to guide and explain who is responsible for obtaining consent, the notions of competence to give consent and the right to refuse consent.
Having a patient’s consent is important as every person has the right to say what happens to their own body. This right comes under the Rules of Professional Conduct and the Core Standards of Physiotherapy Practice and the patient is also protected by the law, you can be charged “battery” under civil or criminal law if you have not asked the patient before examining. It is common courtesy to ask before you examine, touch or care for a patient, this is for every time that you treat the patient. Patients can withdraw consent at anytime.
Bailliere’s nurses dictionary (2007) states that consent is in the law, voluntary agreement with an action proposed by another. Consent is an act of reason; the person giving consent must be of sufficient mental capacity and in possession of all essential information in order to give valid and informed consent. (Weller, 2007)
There are three requirements for a patient or individual to have a valid consent. The patient must have capacity to consent, so they have to be mentally competent. The consent must be voluntary. Also the patient must have received sufficient information to make a decision about their treatment. (The chartered society of physiotherapy, 2005)
References
- The Charted Society of Physiotherapy, 2005, London
Available from: [Accessed May 1 2009]
- DoH (Department of Health)., 2001a. Reference Guide to Consent for Examination or Treatment. London:HMSO.
- DoH (Department of Health)., 2001b. Good Practice in Consent: Achieving the NHS Plan Commitment to Patient-Centred Consent Practice. London:HMSO.
- Hogston, R. and Marjoram, B, A., 2007. Foundations of nursing practice, leading the way. 3rd ed. Hampshire:Palgrave Macmillan.
- Weller, B, F., 2005. Bailliẻre’s Nurses Dictionary, for Nurses and Health Care Workers. 24th ed. England:Elsevier Limited.
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