On 15 Oct 96 at 8:11, Ross Anderson wrote:
> > I do not beleive you can get all patients to give informed consent.
> Some practices do; some don't. The better managed ones have a practice
> leaflet that describes their information sharing practices and gives
> the patient a chance to opt out. OK, so you might have to forego a
> couple of IoS claims a year, but what's the big deal?
>
I feel my concept of informed consent goes beyond, I have a leaflet, you may
have read it, If you have not that is your fault, If you fail to understand all
the implications that too is your fault!
The important word is informed. I feel this would require an explanation and a
chance to ask questions and is completely different from implied consent. If
you need better examples look at the way sugical consent is now aquired and
compare this with the way it used to be obtained.
This true informed consent model works for 5 surgical operations per day but
falls down in a practice of 10,000 patients especially when you consider we
record information such as attendance at a casualty department, often without
the patient ever visiting the practice.
Regards Neill
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