TY  - JOUR
T1  - INformed consent and the need for delegalization
AU  - WOODS WD
Y1  - 1989/08/01
N1  - 10.1001/archpedi.1989.02150200029012
JO  - American Journal of Diseases of Children
SP  - 885
EP  - 886
VL  - 143
IS  - 8
N2  - Dr Jeffrey R. Botkin,1 in his article "Informed Consent for Lumbar Puncture," which appears in this issue of AJDC, provides physicians with an adequate legal definition of the concept of "informed consent." While I might, on technical grounds, have some objections to the way he describes the exceptions to the requirement for informed consent (see below), I think his articulation of the general principles is useful. Unfortunately, informed consent is not a concept with unvarying meaning. It is used in many See also p 899. different contexts and has many different meanings, depending on the court or commentator who is attempting to use the phrase. The two words, however, have generally accepted contextual meaning. Thus, "informed" means knowing, understanding, or aware. It does not mean the mere telling of fact, particularly when that information is not understood by the recipient. Thus, if I give the information in a language
SN  - 0002-922X
M3  - doi: 10.1001/archpedi.1989.02150200029012
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archpedi.1989.02150200029012
ER  -