RT Book, Section
A1 Dao, Hiep
A2 Freeman, Brian S.
A2 Berger, Jeffrey S.
SR Print(0)
ID 1102570464
T1 Informed Consent
T2 Anesthesiology Core Review: Part One Basic Exam
YR 2014
FD 2014
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071821377
LK accessanesthesiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1102570464
RD 2024/04/20
AB The  1957  case  of  Salgo  vs  Leland  Stanford  Jr.  University  Board  of  Trustees  brought  to  the  forefront  the  current  concept  of  informed  consent.  After  a  lumbar  aortography,  Mr.  Salgo  suffered  permanent  paralysis,  a  known  risk  of  such  a  procedure,  but  of  which  he  was  never  informed.  The  judge,  in  stating  his  judgment,  said,  “A  physician  violates  his  duty  to  his  patient  and  subjects  himself  to  liability  if  he  withholds  any  facts  which  are  necessary  to  form  the  basis  of  an  intelligent  consent  by  a  patient  to  a  proposed  treatment.”  In  other  words,  having  a  patient  agree  to  the  procedure  without  knowledge  of  the  relevant  risks  and  benefits  is  inappropriate.