Montes de Oca ME, Noa PG, Olazabal GE, Armenteros TMC, Alfonso CN, Betancourt NA

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ABSTRACT

Background: in the last years digestive endoscopy has been favored by the scientific technical progress, playing a very important role either in the diagnosis and the therapy of different diseases. However we should not forget the ethical aspects that serve as regulator points, so that jointly with the benefits that are contributed to the people, integrity and dignity are respected, and where they are also allowed to make decisions regarding what they want for its health. One of these elements regulators is the informed consent. Objective: to review the aspects of the ethics regarding the informed consent and to expose some reflections of its application in the digestive endoscopic procedures. Methods: a search in biomedical databases (SCIELO Regional, SCIELO Cuba, Pub-Med and Medline), as well as repositories of biomedical specialty thesis from 2000 to the present was conducted. Key words were used: ethics, bioethics, informed consent and endoscopy. Original articles, reviews, opinion articles and contributions, as well as books and thesis were taken into consideration. Finally, 31 citations related to the topic were used. Development: the importance and necessity of the implementation of informed consent were approached, as well as the characteristics that must have for its proper elaboration and execution, its role in vulnerable groups, general aspects in medical care and specifically in the field of digestive endoscopy. Conclusions: informed consent is one of the most important ethical aspects of medical care and research. In both endoscopic diagnostic and therapeutic procedures, it is a fundamental tool that cannot be omitted, risks must always be clearly specified and in the case of research within this field, special emphasis should be placed with the the purpose of not creating misconceptions.