informed consent

1. Informed Consent

A. Why?

1. not paternalism

2. various basic goods—health only one of them

3. doctor = expert re health, not whole ensemble /

2. What’s Needed

A. information

(surgeries, etc.): material facts, risks, complications, alternatives

"that a reasonable, prudent person would consider significant in deciding . . . "

B. Comprehension

C. Consent --- Freedom /

3. Exceptions

A. Minors

B. Unconscious

→proxy, or reasonable person’s standard

C. common good

D. duties to minor /

4. Proxy Consent

A. Substituted judgment

B. Best Interests

C. Advance Directives or Designated Power of Attorney (Durable or not)

D. No DPO → family members, in designated order /

5. Complications

A. No DPO → family members, in designated order

B. Conflicts

C. Legal Guardians / //