Informed Consent
To provide informed consent a consumer needs to know what options are available, what the expected outcomes are for each option, and what the success rates and incidence of side-effects are for each option (Source: Improving patient information and decision making [Consumers' Health Forum of Australia (CHF)])
Follow the links below to find information on informed consent.
Reviewed October 2011
36 Resources Found
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| Title: | Electroconvulsive therapy |
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| Publisher: | Better Health Channel |
| Description: | Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) treats a range of mental illnesses by inducing a controlled seizure in the patient. ECT is used to treat mental illnesses such as severe depression, catatonia and some forms of mania and schizophrenia. It is thought that the seizure 'resets' the brain. Common side effects include temporary difficulties with short-term memory. |
| Date: | Dec 2011 |
| Title: | DVA Human Research Ethics Committee (DVA HREC) |
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| Publisher: | Department of Veterans' Affairs |
| Description: | Information and documentation relating to the Human Research Ethics Committee. |
| Date: | Dec 2011 |
| Title: | Human research ethics committees |
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| Publisher: | Better Health Channel |
| Description: | Research involving human participants must be conducted in an ethical manner and research proposals must be reviewed and approved by a Human Research Ethics Committee (HREC). The Department of Health Victoria HREC considers all research undertaken by Department of Health Victoria and by Department of Health Victoria-funded agencies in some cases. There are guidelines about accessing information held by Department of Health Victoria or Department of Health Victoria-funded agencies and its use by external researchers. The Committee also considers research applications for the Department of Human Services. |
| Date: | Sep 2011 |
| Title: | Vitamin K and newborn babies |
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| Publisher: | Better Health Channel |
| Description: | Vitamin K is needed for blood clotting. Babies are born with very small amounts of vitamin K in their bodies. This means they are at risk of haemorrhagic disease of the newborn (HDN). As a preventive measure, babies are routinely given vitamin K injections at birth. |
| Date: | Jun 2011 |
| Title: | Informed consent for medical testing |
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| Publisher: | Kidney Health Australia |
| Description: | Interesting points about giving consent for medical tests |
| Date: | May 2011 |
| Title: | Post mortem |
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| Publisher: | Better Health Channel |
| Description: | A post mortem, or autopsy, is the medical examination of a body after death. A hospital (or non-coronial) post mortem may be performed if the immediate family give their consent. A coroner's autopsy is performed if the coroner or police need information about the cause of death - for example, if the person was murdered or their death was suspicious. A funeral can take place after a post mortem. |
| Date: | Mar 2011 |
| Title: | Autonomy |
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| Publisher: | CareSearch |
| Description: | Autonomy is about a person's right to make their own decisions. As with any decision, people need to have the right information to be capable of making an informed choice. |
| Date: | Aug 2010 |
| Title: | Intellectually disabled |
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| Publisher: | CareSearch |
| Description: | The life expectancy of people with a learning disability has increased. This means that many are living into old age with diseases such as cancer or dementia. This also means that if they are not ill themselves, they may have a family member who is seriously ill. |
| Date: | Jul 2010 |
| Title: | Before your HIV test |
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| Publisher: | Queensland Health |
| Description: | You have asked or been advised to have a blood test for HIV. You must give informed consent for this test to be done. This means you need to understand the following information. |
| Date: | May 2010 |
| Title: | Medical genetic testing: information for health professionals |
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| Publisher: | National Health and Medical Research Council |
| Description: | Australian health professionals and the public will benefit from Medical Genetic Testing: Information for Health Professionals released by the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC). |
| Date: | Apr 2010 |
| Title: | Provision of a surgeon's performance data for people considering elective surgery |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | While measuring surgical outcomes is considered good practice and is also associated with numerous quality improvement programs, the disclosure of an individual surgeon's own performance record remains controversial, and the potential benefits for consu... |
| Date: | Feb 2010 |
| Title: | Decision aids for people facing health treatment or screening decisions |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Identifying and making a decision on the best health treatment or screening option can be difficult for patients. Decision aids can be used when there is more than one reasonable option, when no option that has a clear advantage in terms of health outco... |
| Date: | Dec 2009 |
| Title: | Managing emergencies |
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| Publisher: | CareSearch |
| Description: | A palliative care emergency is an unexpected change in a patient's condition. Assessing and managing emergencies as well as planning for unexpected events are important in managing palliative care patients in the community. |
| Date: | Jul 2009 |
| Title: | ARPANSA - Code of practice for the exposure of humans to ionizing radiation for research purposes (2005) |
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| Publisher: | Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency (ARPANSA) |
| Description: | This Code of Practice is designed to ensure that researchers proposing to expose research participants to ionizing radiation provide the participants and the Human Research Ethics Committees with information that allows consent to be properly considered by the research participants and approval considered by the Human Research Ethics Committee. |
| Date: | Feb 2009 |
| Title: | Blood transfusion: answers to some common questions for you and your family |
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| Publisher: | NSW Department of Health |
| Description: | Blood transfusion may be an important part of the management of a wide range of medical problems such as cancer, blood disorders, injuries and accidents or the need for major surgical procedures. In some circumstances, some medical treatments or operations cannot be safely carried out without using blood or blood products. |
| Date: | Jan 2009 |
| Title: | Out-of-pocket expenses for private medical treatment (informed financial consent) |
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| Publisher: | Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing |
| Description: | This page contains information about how out-of-pocket expenses for private medical expenses can arise. |
| Date: | Oct 2008 |
| Title: | Recommendations for the pre-anaesthesia consultation |
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| Publisher: | Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists |
| Description: | Prior to anaesthesia, consultation by an anaesthetist is essential for the medical assessment of a patient. This is in order to ensure that the patient is in an optimal state of health, the anaesthesia management can be planned, and the patient can be appropriately informed of the anaesthesia and related procedures. |
| Date: | Aug 2008 |
| Title: | Choosing a doctor |
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| Publisher: | Raising Children Network (RCN) |
| Description: | Many people take their children to the doctor they use but sometimes you'll want or need to find another doctor. Here are some things to think about when it comes to choosing a doctor. |
| Date: | Jun 2008 |
| Title: | MLIS - medico-legal implications of multidisciplinary treatment planning meetings (MDC) |
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| Publisher: | Cancer Australia |
| Description: | A series of recommendations to provide guidance to health services and health professionals about medico-legal aspects of multidisciplinary treatment planning meetings. |
| Date: | Jan 2008 |
| Title: | Audio-visual presentation of information for informed consent for participation in clinical trials |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Informed consent is important for people who are thinking about participating in a clinical trial. Information for informed consent could be presented on the Internet, DVD, video cassette or by other means. We conducted thorough searches for randomised... |
| Date: | Nov 2007 |
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