A CROSS SECTIONAL STUDY ON THE LEGAL NATURE OF INFORMED CONSENT FROM PATIENTS’S PERSPECTIVE

Authors

  • Ankita Mitra Assistant Professor, Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, Hitech Medical College and Hospital, Bhubaneswar, Odisha
  • Dilip Kumar Sahoo Assistant Professor, Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, Hitech Medical College and Hospital, Bhubaneswar, Odisha
  • Antaryami Sahoo Assistant Professor, PG Department of Community Medicine, Hitech Medical College and Hospital, Bhubaneswar, Odisha
  • Mahesh Rath Assistant Professor, PG Department of Community Medicine, Hitech Medical College and Hospital, Bhubaneswar, Odisha
  • Sambit Das . Professor, Department of Endocrinology, Hitech Medical College and Hospital, Bhubaneswar, Odisha
  • Kasturi Bharadwaj Assistant Professor, PG Department of General Surgery, IMS and SUM Hospital, Bhubaneswar, Odisha

Keywords:

Informed consent, legal, educational level

Abstract

In the field of health care, patient autonomy is a critical problem. It is common knowledge that patients’ understanding of legal and ethical problems surrounding the consent procedure is poor. As a result, the purpose of this study was to determine patient understanding, attitude, and views of the legal nature of informed consent. From 

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Published

2021-07-30

Issue

Vol. 38 No. 1 (2021): Journal of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology (jan-june)

Section

Original Research Paper

How to Cite

A CROSS SECTIONAL STUDY ON THE LEGAL NATURE OF INFORMED CONSENT FROM PATIENTS’S PERSPECTIVE . (2021). Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology, 38(1), 64–67. Retrieved from https://acspublisher.com/journals/index.php/jfmt/article/view/17901