RT Journal
A1 Botkin JR
T1 INformed consent for lumbar puncture
JF American Journal of Diseases of Children
JO American Journal of Diseases of Children
YR 1989
FD August 1
VO 143
IS 8
SP 899
OP 904
DO 10.1001/archpedi.1989.02150200051016
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archpedi.1989.02150200051016
AB • Informed consent procedures are commonly employed prior to lumbar puncture. An understanding of the legal and ethical basis of informed consent is important in developing an acceptable approach to consent and in dealing with problems confronted when consent cannot be obtained. I review the current legal concepts in informed consent and their ethical foundation, and make recommendations to clinicians for obtaining consent for this common procedure in the ambulatory pediatric population.(AJDC. 1989;143:899-904)