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Surgical Consent And The Importance Of A Substitute Decision-Maker: A Case Study, Julia Gilbert, Brigid M. Gillespie
Surgical Consent And The Importance Of A Substitute Decision-Maker: A Case Study, Julia Gilbert, Brigid M. Gillespie
Journal of Perioperative Nursing
At law, all individuals are presumed to have the legal capacity to provide consent or refusal of treatment unless there are clinical indications of cognitive impairment. Once concerns are raised regarding the ability of an individual to provide valid consent for a surgical procedure, the use of a substitute decision-maker may be necessary. In this paper, we present an analysis of a clinical case study to illustrate the principles of valid consent. As part of the analysis, we discuss the issues relating to obtaining valid consent for an operative surgical procedure from an elderly client with obvious cognitive impairment. We …