From informed consent to shared decision-making.
2014
Howard Manyonga, and
Graham Howarth, and
Mark Dinwoodie, and
Paul Nisselle, and
Sarah Whitehouse
Medical Protection Society Educational Workshop Faculty Member; Wits Reproductive Health and HIV Institute, Johannesburg, South Africa. graham.howarth@mps.org.uk.
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MeSH Term
Description
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D007258
Informed Consent
Voluntary authorization, by a patient or research subject, with full comprehension of the risks involved, for diagnostic or investigative procedures, and for medical and surgical treatment.
Consent, Informed
D010686
Philosophy, Medical
The underlying rationale or theoretical basis for the principles of MEDICINE.
Medical Philosophy
D003657
Decision Making
The process of making a selective intellectual judgment when presented with several complex alternatives consisting of several variables, and usually defining a course of action or an idea.
A republic in southern Africa, the southernmost part of Africa. It has three capitals: Pretoria (administrative), Cape Town (legislative), and Bloemfontein (judicial). Officially the Republic of South Africa since 1960, it was called the Union of South Africa 1910-1960.
Republic of South Africa,Union of South Africa
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