{"title":"Ethics of consenting the 'unconsentable'.","authors":"Shahla Siddiqui","doi":"10.1097/ACO.0000000000001480","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>The purpose of this review is to highlight important ethical aspects of informed consent in the unconsentable patient or participant.</p><p><strong>Recent findings: </strong>Recent research and guidelines stress the need for detailed and honest communication respecting patient autonomy and the standards of informed consent. Emphasis is placed on full disclosure and guidance. This includes informing patients and participants of the use of data collected and individuals involved in therapy or research.</p><p><strong>Summary: </strong>Informed consent is a legal process and there are standards that must be maintained. Whether in clinical practice before a procedure or therapy, or within research participation, informed consent must be obtained from individuals with mental capacity. However, in those who lack such capacity, an emergency exception can be used in dire situations but only once a concerted effort is made to locate a surrogate. Even so, the decision made must be in keeping with respecting the individual's prior known wishes.</p>","PeriodicalId":50609,"journal":{"name":"Current Opinion in Anesthesiology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.3000,"publicationDate":"2025-02-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Current Opinion in Anesthesiology","FirstCategoryId":"3","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1097/ACO.0000000000001480","RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"ANESTHESIOLOGY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Purpose: The purpose of this review is to highlight important ethical aspects of informed consent in the unconsentable patient or participant.
Recent findings: Recent research and guidelines stress the need for detailed and honest communication respecting patient autonomy and the standards of informed consent. Emphasis is placed on full disclosure and guidance. This includes informing patients and participants of the use of data collected and individuals involved in therapy or research.
Summary: Informed consent is a legal process and there are standards that must be maintained. Whether in clinical practice before a procedure or therapy, or within research participation, informed consent must be obtained from individuals with mental capacity. However, in those who lack such capacity, an emergency exception can be used in dire situations but only once a concerted effort is made to locate a surrogate. Even so, the decision made must be in keeping with respecting the individual's prior known wishes.
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Published bimonthly and offering a unique and wide ranging perspective on the key developments in the field, each issue of Current Opinion in Anesthesiology features hand-picked review articles from our team of expert editors. With fifteen disciplines published across the year – including cardiovascular anesthesiology, neuroanesthesia and pain medicine – every issue also contains annotated references detailing the merits of the most important papers.
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