answer questions 13
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13.docx1. Who should be responsible for reviewing with the patient the risks, benefits, and alternatives of a proposed diagnostic test or treatment?
2. Describe what information a patient should be provided prior to undergoing a risky procedure in order for consent to be informed.
3. Why is it important to obtain consent from a patient prior to proceeding with a risky procedure?
4. Can a patient consent to a procedure and then withdraw it?
5. Can a parent refuse to consent to a lifesaving procedure for his or her child? Discuss your answer.
6. Discuss how much information is sufficient in order for informed consent to be effective (e.g., consider your answer here from both the objective and subjective forms of consent).
7. Discuss the implications of the following statement: "Patients are generally persons unlearned in the medical sciences and, therefore, except in rare instances, the knowledge of patient and physician is not in parity."
