Informed consent — Flashcards

Flashcard 1: Give four common exceptions to informed consent.

Answer: 1 - legally incompetent 2 - implied consent in emergency 3 - patient waiver 4 - therapuetic privilege (disclosure could harm the patient)

Flashcard 2: What are the three procedural requirements for informed consent? (i.e. steps that must be taken, not characteristics of the patient.)

Answer: 1 - discussion of pertinent info 2 - agreement to plan 3 - freedom from coercion

Flashcard 3: Legal exceptions for parental consent include: (1) - _____ treatment (2) - if the minor is legally emancipated

Answer: emergency

Extra: Watch associated Bootcamp video [https://app.bootcamp.com/med-school/public-health-sciences/videos/ethics?index=3] https://onlinemeded.org?ref=anki 

Flashcard 4: When presented with a wound, consideration for tetanus vaccination begins with determining whether _____ lifetime doses have been given or not.

Answer: three

Extra:  https://onlinemeded.org/spa/pediatrics/vaccinations/acquire?ref=anki 

Flashcard 5: Patients typically get exposed to _____ radiation via nuclear reactor accidents or radiotherapy

Answer: Ionizing

Flashcard 6: SVC syndrome can be caused by _____ from indwelling central venous catheters

Answer: thromboemboli