The Principle of Consensualism in Informed Consent Between Doctor and Patient
Lintang Yudhantaka, Mas Anienda Tien Fitriyah, Rosalia Dika Agustanti
Hang Tuah Law Journal, 20 September 2021; 5(1) [Indonesia]
Abstract
The term informed consent or consent for particular medical treatment was familiar in medical world. It brought security for both doctors who did their profession and patients who got information about the illness they were suffering from along with any medical treatment they would have. In fact, there were still many problems issued due to less-well implementation of informed consent. Therefore, this study aimed to analyze the characteristics of informed consent as the legal basis between doctor and patient and verify the establishment of agreement (i.e., consensus) in informed consent. It was a juridical-normative research with conceptual and statute approaches. The result of this study found that informed consent had distinctive characteristics compared with any other common agreements, in particular to its subject, object, and cause. Towards the establishment of consensus, it referred to the doctor’s offering to do any medical treatment and patient’s acceptance to have that treatment.

Patients’ understanding of “informed consent” in plastic surgery
José Neder, Netto Roberto, Augusto de Carvalho Campos, Reginaldo Raimundo Fujita
Revista da Associação Médica Brasileira, August 2021; 67(8) [Brazil]
Summary
Objective
To assess the patient’s understanding of the informed consent form before and after plastic surgery.
Methods
This was a prospective analytical descriptive study that utilized a questionnaire on informed consent before and after plastic surgery procedures.
Results
Comprehension of informed consent was higher before surgery than after surgery (p=0.016; question 15). The higher the scholarity, the higher the comprehension (s=0.151; p=0.045) before surgery (question 4). For the other questions, it was not possible to find a difference in the pattern of understanding and in the association with the educational attainment level after surgery (s=0.180; p=0.046; question 1).
Conclutions
The patients’ level of comprehension of the details, outcomes, possible complications, and postoperative evolutions of surgical procedures, as stated by the informed consent form, is high.