RT Book, Section
A1 Dvoredsky, Ana E.
A2 Quang, Tony S.
A2 Taft, Michelle S.
A2 Beriwal, Sushil
SR Print(0)
ID 1191391721
T1 Informed Consent
T2 Understanding the Principles and Practice of Legal Oncology
YR 2022
FD 2022
PB McGraw Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9781260474077
LK hemonc.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1191391721
RD 2024/04/24
AB Consent  is  a  phenomenon  that  happens  every  day  in  social  transactions.  In  a  tacit  and  often  unaware  manner,  people  defer  to  someone  else’s  choice  to  determine  their  own  conduct  (“Here  are  clothes  for  you  to  change  into  before  your  x-ray.”—“Sure!”  or  “Take  this  pill  every  morning.”—“I  will!”).  There  are  many  assumptions  in  those  interactions:  that  shirt  or  pants  will  fit  and  size  is  the  only  variable  in  question  or  that  the  person  is  able  to  swallow  pills.  Because  of  the  many  unknown  parameters,  the  result  of  an  interaction  where  an  unaware  consent  has  been  given  ranges  from  an  enthusiastic  “I  understand”  to  an  irritated  “I  don’t  like  this.”  It  is  important  to  remember  that  whenever  people  consent  to  someone  else’s  choices,  they  are  providing  an  active  giving  up  of  control  of  the  decision.