Informed Patient Decision Making and the Use of Prescription Medications: A Canadian Dermatologic Perspective

摘要: Background:Informed consent is a potentially beneficial component of medical practice and basic obligation physician to patient. Society, in general, the courts, particular, have increasingly emphasized principles individual autonomy patient rights, they begun more rigorously require physicians inform consult with patients before initiating treatments. Nevertheless, lack sufficient information disclosure has become an common allegation legal actions against physicians. It been shown that physicians' understanding what constitutes informed not always equivalent definition. While generally applied investigative research surgical other invasive procedures, general medicine dermatology do commonly undergo process formal decision making commencing therapy sometimes potent medications often s...