Autonomy, consent and responsibility. Part 1: Limitations of the principle of autonomy as a foundation of informed consent

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• 作者：J.M. Mellado ^{jmellado@comz.org" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author}
• 关键词：Right to autonomy ; Patients&rsquo ; rights ; Informed consent ; Bioethics ; Law ; Code of ethics ; Professionalism
• 刊名：Radiología (English Edition)
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：September-October 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：58
• 期：5
• 页码：343-351
• 全文大小：658 K

文摘

Legal recognition of patient's rights aspired to change clinical relationship and medical lex artis. However, its implementation has been hampered by the scarcity of resources and the abundance of regulations. For several years, autonomy, consent, and responsibility have formed one of the backbones of the medical profession. However, they have sparked controversy and professional discomfort. In the first part of this article, we examine the conceptual and regulatory limitations of the principle of autonomy as the basis of informed consent. We approach the subject from philosophical, historical, legal, bioethical, deontological, and professional standpoints. In the second part, we cover the viability of informed consent in health care and its relationship with legal responsibility.