Informed Consent to Amnestics or: What Sound Does A Tree Make In The Forest When It Falls On Your Head?

Authors

Maxwell J. Mehlman, Case Western University School of LawFollow
George A. Kanoti
James P. Orlowski

Abstract

Patients who are given amnestics may be told that physicians will administer medication to relax them and to control pain or discomfort, patients typically are not told that they may experience pain or discomfort, nor are they asked if they would prefer greater amounts or anesthesia or analgesia. Instead, the physician or dentist makes this choice. Is this ethically justifiable and legally permissible?

Keywords

Informed Concent

Publication Date

1994

Document Type

Article

Place of Original Publication

Journal of Clinical Ethics

Publication Information

5 Journal of Clinical Ethics 105 (1994)

Repository Citation

Mehlman, Maxwell J.; Kanoti, George A.; and Orlowski, James P., "Informed Consent to Amnestics or: What Sound Does A Tree Make In The Forest When It Falls On Your Head?" (1994). Faculty Publications. 643.
https://scholarlycommons.law.case.edu/faculty_publications/643