Informed consent form in healthcare

Abstract

Bioethics has among its principles autonomy, the basis of informed consent, which is confirmed by the informed consent form. In this document, the health team clarifies the diagnosis, prognosis, risks and objectives of the treatment suggested to the patient. A literature review was conducted to select articles focusing on this document, and the resulting corpus shows that health teams struggle to use the informed consent form, especially regarding its purpose, the language used and how to present it. It was also noted that has often been applied for purposes other than its original one, such as the legal protection of healthcare providers, especially physicians, in case of technical errors.