Discuss The Importance Of Consent In Health And Social Care
Introduction
This write up is part of assessment for Preparation for Professional Practice module designed to help the student practitioner understand the issues that influence consent by critically reflecting and evaluating the professional, legal and ethical frameworks, for autonomous patient, those that lack capacity and for children. In this discussion, I will include the importance of establishing whether a person has capacity to give consent, what constitutes a valid consent, the various types of consent and the duration of that consent (www.gov.uk).
Definition
Consent is an active process of agreeing to an activity or permitting an activity to occur (O'Shea, 2011). Consent to treatment is the principle that a person must give their …show more content…
Which means that beneficence may clash with the principle of respect for autonomy when the patient makes a decision that the healthcare professional does not think will benefit the patient – is not in her best interests. As in the case of St George's Healthcare NHS Trust v S; R v Collins and others, ex parte S [1998] 3 All ER 673 and as in case law Re C (Adult, refusal of treatment) [1994] 1 All ER 819 (www.gmc-uk.org) because the mental illness does not call a patient’s capacity into question but under s63 of Mental Health Act 1983 they can be treated without requirement for consent only if the treatment is related to the mental
This write up is part of assessment for Preparation for Professional Practice module designed to help the student practitioner understand the issues that influence consent by critically reflecting and evaluating the professional, legal and ethical frameworks, for autonomous patient, those that lack capacity and for children. In this discussion, I will include the importance of establishing whether a person has capacity to give consent, what constitutes a valid consent, the various types of consent and the duration of that consent (www.gov.uk).
Definition
Consent is an active process of agreeing to an activity or permitting an activity to occur (O'Shea, 2011). Consent to treatment is the principle that a person must give their …show more content…
Which means that beneficence may clash with the principle of respect for autonomy when the patient makes a decision that the healthcare professional does not think will benefit the patient – is not in her best interests. As in the case of St George's Healthcare NHS Trust v S; R v Collins and others, ex parte S [1998] 3 All ER 673 and as in case law Re C (Adult, refusal of treatment) [1994] 1 All ER 819 (www.gmc-uk.org) because the mental illness does not call a patient’s capacity into question but under s63 of Mental Health Act 1983 they can be treated without requirement for consent only if the treatment is related to the mental