Abstract
Legal Issues
Informed Consent
Term first used in 1957 malpractice case, now legally formalized
Legal concept: implies three components
“Disclosure”
Necessary information must be provided to the patient to make an autonomous decision; provider must ensure information is understood
Written in layman language at a level appropriate for the general patient population (i.e., 8th grade reading level)
“Competency”: provider must assess the patient’s ability to assess the information provided and ability to reasonably infer the consequences of undertaking the proposed
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Kroeker, A. (2016). Legal, Ethical, and Socioeconomic Issues in Facial Plastic Surgery. In: Wong, BF., Arnold, M., Boeckmann, J. (eds) Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-18035-9_6
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