Informed consent: a socio-legal study

• Main Authors: Rathor, Mohammad Yousuf, Abdul Rani, Mohammed Fauzi, Mohamad Shah, Azarisman Shah, Akter, Sheikh Farid Uddin
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Malaysian Medical Association 2011
• Subjects: JX International law; RA1001 Forensic Medicine. Medical jurisprudence. Legal medicine
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/4297/1/Informed_Consent.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/4297/

Introduction: Informed consent [IC] is a recognized socio-legal obligation for the medical profession. The doctrine of IC involves the law, which aims to ensure the lawfulness of health assistance and tends to reflect the concept of autonomy of the person requiring and requesting medical and/or surg...