INFORMING ABOUT THE RISK ASSOCIATED WITH MEDICAL CARE PRATICE


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The article is devoted to a key aspect of informed consent – the risk, associated with medical intervention. The article describes various volumes of information to the patient: hyperinforming, pseudoinforming and hypoinforming, their positive and negative aspects are described. Judicial practice of adverse legal consequences of incomplete informing of the patient about the risk associated with medical care practice by the medical worker about medical intervention is considered. Examples of normative legal acts regulating the volume of informed consent medical intervention are given, their informative value and completeness of the information provided in them are evaluated. Different variations of informing of the patient about the risks of causing death, harm to health and pain associated with medical intervention are considered. Here one will find a suggested optimal amount of information provided to the patient as it pertains to the risk of death, personal injury and pain, while obtaining an informed consent for medical intervention.

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V. V. Sergeev

Department of Medical Law and Bioethics, Samara State Medical University

Author for correspondence.
Email: grigorjewa.katerina@yandex.ru
Russian Federation

E. V. Gorlova

Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Evidence-based Medicine, Samara State Medical University, Department of Quality Control of Medical Activities, Clinics of Samara State Medical University

Email: grigorjewa.katerina@yandex.ru
Russian Federation

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