2025, Number 3
Informed Consent: Its Application in Clinical Practice
Language: Spanish
References: 10
Page: 40-45
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ABSTRACT
Informed consent constitutes a fundamental pillar in clinical practice, as it represents the convergence between the physician’s professional responsibility and respect for the patient’s autonomy in making therapeutic decisions to maintain or restore their health. Therefore, the effective implementation of this instrument entails a series of ethical, legal, and medical implications that deserve analysis.In Mexico, the health legislation and official regulations (NOM-004 and NOM-012) govern its use, differentiating between research and clinical contexts. Its application spans the phases of prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation, fostering shared decisions based on truthful and comprehensible information.
In clinical practice, its use requires a structured process that faces challenges to ensure a conducive environment that provides privacy, comfort, and sufficient time for the proper development of an ideal physician-patient relationship. Additionally, there are ethical-legal limitations in cases involving patients with mental or cognitive disabilities, minors without parents or guardians, or emergency scenarios.
Informed consent embodies the physician’s duty of beneficence and respect for the patient’s autonomy to make decisions about their health and life. Its proper implementation not only provides legal protection to physicians but also enhances clinical practice by promoting ethical, transparent, and patient-centered practice.
REFERENCES
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Secretaría de Salud. Norma Oficial Mexicana NOM-012-SSA3-2012, Que establece los criterios para la ejecuciónde proyectos de investigación para la salud en seres humanos.Diario Oficial de la Federación [Internet]. 4 de enerode 2013 [citado 28 de octubre de 2024]. Disponible en:https://tinyurl.com/25ng28jj