Megan S Wright, ‘Resuscitating Consent’, 63 Boston College Law Review 887 (2022). Contemporary discussions of the law and ethics of informed consent to medical treatment tend to focus on the process of information communication, including the scope of the disclosures physicians are required to make, and the ability of patients to truly understand those disclosures and integrate them into their medical decision-making. Without dismissing the importance of communication and understanding in securing consent to treatment, Prof Megan Wright’s article, ‘Resuscitating Consent’, directs the reader’s attention to a fundamental concept that seems to have been overlooked as the law and practice of informed consent have developed. Namely, that the principle of patient autonomy upon which informed consent doctrine is based has a corporeal – not just cognitive – component … (more)
[Nadia Sawicki, JOTWELL, 11 May]
First posted 2022-05-12 07:00:01
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