CONCEPT AND PRACTICE OF INFORMED CONSENT: AN ANALYSIS OF COURT DECISIONS OF THE RIO DE JANEIRO STATE COURT OF JUSTICE

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.12662/2447-6641oj.v18i28.p231-256.2020

Keywords:

Informed consent, Autonomy, Doctor-patient relationship, Medical decision making

Abstract

Informed consent is a concept resulting from the transformations that occurred in the relationship between doctors and patients throughout the twentieth century. The main change occurred with the overcoming of the Hippocratic paradigm of medicine by another that privileges the patients’ right of self-determination. Although there is not yet a law that provides for this institute in the country, it is already recognized by the case law. The incorporation of this concept by legal thought reveals a new understanding for the doctor-patient relationship. In
this article we seek to discuss the nature of informed consent, exposing its requirements and application limits. For this, besides theoretical references about the notion, we also expose a research about the applicability of the concept from the court decisions of the State of Rio de Janeiro between 2002 and 2016, in order to expose how the process judice has contributed to the consolidation of the patient’s right to self-determination, as well as the difficulties that still need to be overcome.

Author Biography

Dalmir Lopes Jr., Universidade Federal Fluminense - UFF

Doutor em Bioética pela Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro - UFRJ. Mestre em Ciências Jurídicas e Sociais pela Universidade Federal Fluminense - UFF (2003). Bacharel em Direito pela Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro - UNIRIO (2000). Professor Adjunto do Departamento de Direito do Instituto de Ciências Humanas e Sociais (ICHS) da Universidade Federal Fluminense (UFF) no Pólo de Volta Redonda; Membro do Laboratório de Bioética Clínica (PPGBIOS/IESC-UFRJ). Líder do Grupo de Pesquisa em Direito, Saúde e Bioética Clínica (UFF).

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2020-05-26

How to Cite

LOPES JR., Dalmir. CONCEPT AND PRACTICE OF INFORMED CONSENT: AN ANALYSIS OF COURT DECISIONS OF THE RIO DE JANEIRO STATE COURT OF JUSTICE. Revista Opinião Jurídica (Fortaleza), Fortaleza, v. 18, n. 28, p. 231–256, 2020. DOI: 10.12662/2447-6641oj.v18i28.p231-256.2020. Disponível em: https://unichristus.emnuvens.com.br/opiniaojuridica/article/view/2941. Acesso em: 12 nov. 2024.

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Vol. 18 No. 28 (2020)

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