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Symposium on consent and confidentiality: O O'Neill Some limits of informed consent J Med Ethics 2003; 29: 4-7 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF]

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Informed Consent, not consensus

Celio Levyman, MD, MSc   (30 June 2004)

Informed Consent, not consensus 30 June 2004
Celio Levyman, MD, MSc, Senior Neurologist Headache and Neurology Clinic,Sao Paulo,Brazil Send letter to journal: Re: Informed Consent, not consensus celiol{at}uol.com.br Celio Levyman, MD, MSc	Dear Editor "Informed consent is a great advance towards protecting the rights and autonomy of patients. However its usefulness is far from universal: informed consent cannot clarify the secondary use of tissues, as the authors point out, and in practice its use is more and more a manner of legal protection against malpractice claims in various countries, and a virtual nonentity in emergency situations, We cannot forget that some institutions give a patient, two days before a cardiac surgery, for example, four or five books of medical texts. As the authors point out, we never will acquire a proper, ethical, real informative and honest form an informed consent that is valid in all fields."