Informed consent in anesthesiology

Authors

  • Desiré Carlos Callegari
  • Reinaldo Ayer de Oliveira

Abstract

This article aims at describing the Free and clarified Consent understood as a tacit agreement or a clearly expressed approval when participating either in a diagnostic or therapeutic procedure. However, such term is not an mandatory document for anesthesia procedures. This discussion is based on a statistical research carried out by the ‘Conselho Regional de Medicina do Estado de São Paulo – Cremesp’ (São Paulo Regional Council of Medicine), which shows 100 registered denounces in the Anesthesiology area from January 1999 to January 2004. Conclusions show that
anesthesiologists should adopt the Free and clarified 1Consent in their daily professional practice aiming at protecting the professional as well as patient’s autonomy who, thus, may exercise his/her right of choice.

Keywords:

Informed consent. Anesthesiology. Ethics, Medical.
Vol. 18 No. 2 (2010): Revista Bioética

Published:

2010-11-12

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Callegari DC, Oliveira RA de. Informed consent in anesthesiology. Rev. bioét.(Impr.). [Internet]. 2010 Nov. 12 [cited 2024 Nov. 23];18(2). Available from: https://revistabioetica.cfm.org.br./revista_bioetica/article/view/569