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Consent guidance
Part 2: Making decisions about investigations and treatment
Consent guidance: Part 2: Making decisions about investigations and treatment
Subsections:
Sharing information and discussing treatment options (7-26)
Discussing side effects, complications and other risks (28-36)
Making decisions (37-43)
Expressions of consent (44-50)
Recording decisions (51)
Reviewing decisions (52-53)
Involving children and young people in making decisions (54-56)
Advance care planning (57-61)
Partnership (para 3-6)
Sharing information and discussing treatment options (para 7-26)
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External weblinks
Reference guide to consent for examination or treatment (England)
Reference Guide for Consent to Examination or Treatment (Wales)
Reference guide to consent for examination, treatment or care (Northern Ireland)(154kb, pdf)
A Good Practice Guide on Consent for Health Professionals in NHS Scotland (205kb, pdf)
The Review of Good Medical Practice
Good Medical Practice
List of ethical guidance
Protecting children and young people
0-18 years
Accountability in Multi-disciplinary and Multi-Agency Mental Health Teams
Taking up and ending appointments
Making and using visual and audio recordings of patients
Confidentiality
Conflicts of interest
Consent guidance
Contents
How the guidance applies to you
Part 1: Principles
Part 2: Making decisions about investigations and treatment
Sharing information and discussing treatment options
Answering questions
Reasons for not sharing information
Sharing information
Involving families, carers and advocates
Obstacles to sharing information
Responsibility for seeking patients consent
Discussing side effects
Making decisions
Part 3: Capacity issues
Legal annex
Endnotes
End of life care
Maintaining boundaries
Research guidance
Leadership and management for all doctors (2012)
Personal beliefs and medical practice
Good practice in prescribing medicines (2008)
Good practice in prescribing and managing medicines and devices (2013)
Raising and acting on concerns about patient safety (2012)
Writing references (2012)
Reporting criminal and regulatory proceedings within and outside the UK
Duties of a doctor
Remote prescribing via telephone, fax, video-link or online
Interactive case studies
Learning materials
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