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Evaluate the conceptual validity and practical implementation of the informed consent doctrine across medical care and clinical research.

April 12, 1976JAMA

The Fiction of Informed Consent

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ELEugene G. LaforetBoston University

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Ethical commentary demonstrates practical limitations of informed consent doctrine in clinical care, highlighting divergence between theoretical legal ideals and frontline doctor-patient realities.

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Evaluate the conceptual validity and practical implementation of the informed consent doctrine across medical care and clinical research.
Conceptual and ethical analysis examining the application of informed consent within legal malpractice contexts, academic medicine, and frontline patient interactions.
Characterizes the doctrine of informed consent as an artificial construct that fails to reflect the practical realities of direct clinical interactions.
Identifies malpractice attorneys, academic physicians, and research directors as primary proponents who remain largely insulated from hands-on doctor-patient care.

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Eugene G. Laforet (1976) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a908e39c63bb9fb07dd9b41 https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.1976.03260410035020

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Ethical commentary demonstrates practical limitations of informed consent doctrine in clinical care, highlighting divergence between theoretical legal ideals and frontline doctor-patient realities.

The Fiction of Informed Consent

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The Fiction of Informed Consent

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