Informed Consent

To provide informed consent a consumer needs to know what options are available, what the expected outcomes are for each option, and what the success rates and incidence of side-effects are for each option (Source: Improving patient information and decision making [Consumers' Health Forum of Australia (CHF)])

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Reviewed August 2008

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Title:   Audio-visual presentation of information for informed consent for participation in clinical trials
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Informed consent is important for people who are thinking about participating in a clinical trial. Information for informed consent could be presented on the Internet, DVD, video cassette or by other means. ...
Date:   Nov 2007
Title:   Guidelines on consent for anaesthesia or sedation
Publisher:   Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists
Description:   Consent should be obtained for all medical treatment. It is a basic tenet of our society that everyone has a right to determine what is done to his/her own body, and is entitled to know the implications of any treatment before it is administered and to seek clarification of any issues that may be of concern.
Date:   Jun 2005
Title:   Informed consent for medical testing
Publisher:   Kidney Health Australia
Description:   Interesting points about giving consent for medical tests
Date:   Nov 2005
Title:   Consent to medical treatment: what are your rights?
Publisher:   Multicultural Health Communication Service (NSW)
Description:   When it comes to consenting to medical or dental treatment, do you know your rights? Can a doctor make you have treatment without your permission, for instance? What if a health professional wants you to have a treatment - but you don't understand what's involved? Here's what you should know.
Date:   Jul 1997
Title:   Improving patient information and decision making
Publisher:   Consumers' Health Forum of Australia (CHF)
Description:   Use of a patient-driven consent decision-making model will effectively apply an evidence-based decision-making model on clinicians.
Date:   Jan 2006
Title:   E-health - consumers shaping electronic health records in Australia
Publisher:   Consumers' Health Forum of Australia (CHF)
Description:   The Consumers' Health Forum of Australia identifies informed consent, access to personal health information, security and consumer participation at all levels of decision-making as areas for ongoing development for electronic health records.
Date:   Jan 2004
Title:   Before your HIV test
Publisher:   Queensland Health
Description:   You have asked or been advised to have a blood test for HIV. You must give informed consent for this test to be done. This means you need to understand the following information.
Date:   Apr 2008
Title:   Post mortem
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   A post mortem, or autopsy, is the medical examination of a body after death. A hospital (or non-coronial) post mortem may be performed if the immediate family give their consent.
Date:   Mar 2007
Title:   ARPANSA - Code of practice for the exposure of humans to ionizing radiation for research purposes (2005)
Publisher:   Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency (ARPANSA)
Description:   This Code of Practice is designed to ensure that researchers proposing to expose research participants to ionizing radiation provide the participants and the Human Research Ethics Committees with information that allows consent to be properly considered by the research participants and approval considered by the Human Research Ethics Committee.
Date:   Jun 2005
Title:   Challenging ethical issues in contemporary research on human beings
Publisher:   National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)
Description:   AHEC acknowledges that Human Research Ethics Committee(HRECs) tackle complex and sensitive issues such as participant consent, patient safety and welfare, privacy and disclosure, and the scientific merit of research proposals. The kinds of dilemmas faced by HRECs are illustrated in the ten case studies included in the report.
Date:   Dec 2006
Title:   Implementing private health reforms: Consumers have a say - Discussion session with Heart Support Australia, Ipswich and West Moreton Branch - Ipswich, Qld, March 2008
Publisher:   Consumers' Health Forum of Australia (CHF)
Description:   CHF and Heart Support Australia, Ipswich and West Moreton Branch, held a free consumer discussion session on prostheses and informed financial consent arrangements under private health insurance on Tuesday 4 March 2008 in Ipswich, Queensland.
Date:   Mar 2008
Title:   Making informed decisions
Publisher:   The Jean Hailes Foundation for Women's Health
Description:   Gathering information, thinking about options, knowing what it is you value and attuning yourself to all that you have learned about your body will help you make decisions that are appropriate for you. Gathering information and talking with your health practitioner can assist you in making an informed decision.
Date:   Jun 2008
Title:   General guidelines for medical practitioners on providing information to patients
Publisher:   National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)
Description:   This document outlines the type of information that doctors need to discuss with patients when planning treatment. Issues covered include information that patients should be given, informing patients of risks, and, the limited circumstances when information may be witheld.
Date:   Apr 2004
Title:   Prostate cancer screening
Publisher:   myDr
Description:   Information from the Cancer Council on prostate cancer screening.
Date:   Nov 2001
Title:   Perceptions of risk : a legal perspective
Publisher:   Australian Prescriber
Description:   The 1992 decision in Rogers v. Whitaker (1992) 175 CLR 479 established in Australian law the standard of care required when a doctor gives information to patients about risks of proposed procedures.
Date:   Oct 2002
Title:   Prostate cancer: who should be tested?
Publisher:   myDr
Description:   Who should be tested for prostate cancer? Find out here.
Date:   Nov 2001
Title:   Out of pocket expenses for private medical treatment
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   This page contains information about how out of pocket expenses for private medical expenses can arise.
Date:   May 2008
Title:   Breast implant information booklet - 4th edition
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   The Breast Implant Information Booklet (4th edition) has been prepared to provide guidance for persons considering the use of breast implants. The TGA recommends that you consider the information provided for a period of 30 days before making a final decision.
Date:   Nov 2004
Title:   Vitamin K and newborn babies
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Vitamin K is needed for blood clotting. Babies are born with very small amounts of vitamin K in their bodies. This means they are at risk of haemorrhagic disease of the newborn (HDN). As a preventive measure, babies are routinely given vitamin K injections at birth.
Date:   May 2008
Title:   Human research ethics committees
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Research involving human participants must be conducted in an ethical manner and research proposals must be reviewed and approved by a Human Research Ethics Committee (HREC). The Department of Human Services HREC considers all research undertaken by DHS and by DHS-funded agencies in some cases. There are guidelines about accessing information held by DHS or DHS-funded agencies and its use by external researchers.
Date:   Aug 2008
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