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The Right Of The Informed Consentin Medical Action

Posted on:2012-01-01Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:L ChenFull Text:PDF
GTID:2166330338999961Subject:Law
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With the technology changing with each passing day, the level of living improves unceasingly. With the improving of material conditions, health has attracted more attention. As the support of life health, medical treatment has become the social focus. In recent years,to protect the life and property of the people, standardize medical practice and to make medical treatment serving the people better,various regulations have been announced about health and medical treatment and the existing contradiction in medical treatment has attracted more attention.The purpose of medical action is to protect the life and health of people, but it damages the body in some conditions. In other words, taking medical action has the risk of harming life health. So in particular conditions, medical action can be taken only when patients or their families agree. Of all the rights patients have the right of informed consent is very important.Because of the difference in the capacity for action and comprehension, together with many factors such as the confusion in the information opening of hospital, the smoothing going of medical action will be affected. The existing regrets and omission in laws won't help the hospital and patients out of difficulty, so the right of informed consent can't provide effective guarantee for keeping life healthy. How to use the right of informed consent correctly to protect their life rights and interests has become the social focus.
Keywords/Search Tags:medical action, the right of informed consent, The autonomy of life, the information opening, agency, special power of attorney health care powers of intervention
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