Informed Consent in the Nuclear Medicine Setting

Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology

M. Sara Rosenthal¹ 

[1] Program for Bioethics, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky Program for Bioethics, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky Program for Bioethics, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky

关键词: informed consent;    ethics;    nuclear medicine procedures;    research ethics;   

DOI  :  10.2967/jnmt.110.083931

学科分类：医学（综合）

来源: Society of Nuclear Medicine

【 摘 要 】

In the nuclear medicine setting, the task of obtaining informed consent for procedures that require it is frequently left to the nuclear medicine technologist. Unfortunately, a patient's signature on a consent form does not mean the patient has given informed consent, or what legal scholars call valid consent. On completion of this scholarly bioethics article, the reader will understand the troubled history that led to informed consent as social and regulatory policy. Additionally, the reader will discover the meaning of “informed consent,” which includes 3 critical components: disclosure, decision-making capacity, and voluntariness. Finally, this article will discuss which nuclear medicine procedures require informed consent, how to assess whether patients have given informed consent, what to do when the patient refuses a procedure, and what to do when informed consent is unachievable.

【 授权许可】

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