She does not respond to multiple requests for her to return to be seen in the clinic and is lost to follow-up. Informed Consent I. An informed competent patient's preference to accept or refuse medically indicated treatment. Interventions that might improve prognosis risks, benefits, probabilities and uncertainties of these interventions. Opinion of alternatives. Recommendation based on physician's best clinical judgement.
Details vary depending on emergency, elective or in-between.
Research Comprehension Physician must make reasonable efforts to assure comprehension. Requires dialogue between physician and patient. Competency Mental capacity to understand and make choices. Ability to understand relevant information, appreciate one's medical condition and its consequences, to communicate a choice and to rationally be able to discuss one's own values in relation to treatment options. Determination of incompetence may require legal determination.