Consent: A Pocket Guide for Nursing and Health Care - Couverture souple

Cornock, Marc

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1914962060 ISBN 13 : 9781914962066

Editeur : Lantern Publishing Ltd, 2023

Synopsis

Consent is a concept that can be complex and difficult to understand, but it does not have to be. This book is a handy pocket-sized guide to the consent process that treats consent as an essential part of your everyday practice.
From assent to self-determination, via legally valid consent, it’s full of practical detail about:

• what consent is
• who can give consent
• the ways in which consent can be given
• when consent can be given
• how you can work with your patient through the consent process.

Written by an experienced lecturer with input provided by current nursing students, this guidance is produced with you in mind – and you can carry it with you at all times!

Contents

Preface; Acknowledgements; About the author; Common terminology and key concepts; Main legislation and legal cases

1 Consent – definitions and foundations
1.1 A first thought
1.2 What consent is not
1.3 Definition of consent
1.4 Consent: a process
1.5 The underpinning of consent
1.6 In summary: what consent is

2 The importance of consent
2.1 An initial answer
2.2 Self-determination
2.3 The ethical basis for consent
2.4 The legal basis for consent
2.5 The professional basis for consent
2.6 In summary: two main reasons

3 The three principles of consent
3.1 The consent principles
3.2 Competence
3.3 Adequate information
3.4 Voluntariness
 3.4.1 Involuntary treatment
3.5 In summary: legally valid consent

4 Those who can give consent
4.1 Introduction
4.2 The patient
 4.2.1 Adult patients
 4.2.2 Patients aged 16 and 17
 4.2.3 Patients under 16
4.3 Parents and parental responsibility
4.4 Relatives and next of kin
4.5 Patient representatives
4.6 Competence assessment
4.7 Assessors of competence
4.8 In summary: giving consent

5 Obtaining consent
5.1 Seeking consent
5.2 Written consent
5.3 Oral consent
5.4 Inferred/implied consent
5.5 Consent vs. assent
5.6 Recording consent
5.7 In summary: how to obtain consent

6 Lack of patient consent
6.1 Inability to obtain consent
6.2 Competent patients
 6.2.1 Patient refusal
 6.2.2 Withdrawal of consent by a patient
6.3 Incompetent patients
 6.3.1 Lasting Power of Attorney
 6.3.2 Principle of necessity
 6.3.3 Best Interests
6.4 Child patients
6.5 In summary: when there is no consent

References; Useful resources

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Marc Cornock is a Senior Lecturer in Healthcare Law in the School of Health, Wellbeing and Social Care at The Open University.
Marc regularly lectures and writes for health care practitioners. His research focuses on the interplay between law and health care practice.

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There are three main principles of consent. These principles are related to:

the competence of the person being asked to give their consent

the amount of information that should be provided to that person

the voluntariness of the consent that is given.

It is only when all three principles are satisfied that consent can be considered legally valid.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Lantern Publishing Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2023
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1914962060
• ISBN 13: 9781914962066
• Reliure: Couverture à spirales
• Nombre de pages: 70
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible