| Summary: | The informed Consent of a Patient Informed consent from the patient is one of the most interesting institutes of the medical law. Today it belongs to the basic principles of the medical law, but its development was rather complicated. Initially, this may date to the late 18th century, when the requirements governing the relationship of doctor and patient appear. Over time, the courts handle issues concerning informed consents or patients' non-acceptance. Until the middle of 20th century, almost the whole Europe discovers paternalistic understanding of the relationship doctor and patient. It is on such a concept, when a doctor determines the treatment and the patient is only a subject to the treatment. The doctor has a critical position and the patient must slave his decisions. Change in the concept came after the World War II. Doctor's and patient's relationship slowly begins to change and it becomes closer to a relationship of service providers and clients. In the Czech Republic, a mix of both can be found. Great importance to the informed consent has the adoption of Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Dignity of the Human Being with Regard to the Application of Biology and Medicine (Convention on Human Rights and Biomedicine) concluded in Oviedo on 4.April 19971 st The institute of...
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