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Self Autonomy and Informed Consent in Clinical Setup


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1 Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, J. N. Medical College, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, U.P, India
     

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A human being having intelligentsia of good personality or in simpler terms a personage is in full control of his body by the international convention. This is called as self autonomy. Therefore self autonomy of a patient should be respected in terms of medical treatment protocol also.

Informed consent should be encouraged in all the disciplines of medicine as we are entering the era of patient as a consumer and doctors as a service provider. The rising literacy in our community is esteeming the self respect in people. Therefore, all the procedures involving medical treatment, surgical operations, assisting reproductive technologies, treatment of mental disabled person and treatment of children should have proper consent in terms of age, mental capacity, free will and full disclosure.


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Autonomy, Informed Consent, Personage, Procedure
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Authors

Mohd Kaleem Khan
Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, J. N. Medical College, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, U.P, India
Shaukat A Hanif
Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, J. N. Medical College, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, U.P, India

Abstract


A human being having intelligentsia of good personality or in simpler terms a personage is in full control of his body by the international convention. This is called as self autonomy. Therefore self autonomy of a patient should be respected in terms of medical treatment protocol also.

Informed consent should be encouraged in all the disciplines of medicine as we are entering the era of patient as a consumer and doctors as a service provider. The rising literacy in our community is esteeming the self respect in people. Therefore, all the procedures involving medical treatment, surgical operations, assisting reproductive technologies, treatment of mental disabled person and treatment of children should have proper consent in terms of age, mental capacity, free will and full disclosure.


Keywords


Autonomy, Informed Consent, Personage, Procedure

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