Informed Consent: Legal Theory and Clinical Practice

1. Informed Consent: Framing the Questions 2. The Concept and Ethical Justification of Informed Consent 3. The Legal Requirements for Disclosure and Consent: History and Current Status 4. Exceptions to the Legal Requirements: Emergency, Waiver, Therapeutic Privilege and Compulsory Treatment 5. Exceptions to the Legal Requirements: Incompetence 6. Legal Rules for Recovery 7. Critical Approaches to the Law of Informed Consent 8. The Role of Informed Consent in Medical Decision-making 9. Consent Forms: Documentation and Guidance 10. Managed Care and Informed Consent 11. Patients Who Refuse Treatment 12. The Independent Evolution of Informed Consent to Research 13. Fulfilling the Underlying Purpose of Informed Consent to Research 14. The Limits of Informed Consent 15. An Agenda for the Future