Question

Name: HSC 101 Informed Consent For the following situations, explain your reasoning for your answer. Use specan points from the Patient's Bill of Rights and the required elements of consent to answer. Case #1 What information must be provided? 30 year old male presents to the emergency department with RLQ pain and fever. Labs reveal an elevated white blood count. The surgical intern tells the patient that appendicitis is suspected and that the plan is to proceed with surgery to remove the appendix. He explains that the surgery is to be performed to prevent complications of appendicitis, including abscess formation, sepsis or even death. cal intern tells the patient Pains that the sumele plan is to proceed Has this patient been adequately "consented" for surgery? If not, what needs to be added? CASE #2: Exceptions to consent 33 year old woman is in the operating room to exploratory surgery ulcerative colitis. Patient was given appropriate information, and consented for the procedure. During the operation, a mass is identified involving the liver. Given the previous consent, is it acceptable for the surgeon to proceed further to either biopsy or excise the lesion.

Answer 1

Case #1 The informed consent should be very detail in explaining right from benefits ,risk and potential complications.Here the benefit is not included only the complication is explained.

Case #2

This is a ethical and legal challenge if not exactly identified and intervene.In case if it is going to endanger the patient's life ,to prevent second or another incision ,based upon the principle of beneficence z biopsy or excision of lesion is done by the surgeon.