consent

Question 1

Define consent?

Answer 1

is the owners formal agreement to the medical or surgical course of action proposed which should ideally also include acknowledgement of an estimate of associated costs

Question 2

how can consent be given/expressed?

Answer 2

implied, verbal and written - all valid by law
written consent is preferred as a form of evidence though a signature doesn’t = valid consent it just indicates that a interaction took place between the professional and owner.

Question 3

what are the requirements of valid consent?

Answer 3

Competence - can they retain the information? believe it?
sufficient age and maturity
capacity -mental capacity to make own decisions.

Question 4

what four things does the law state that someone lacking mental capacity cannot do>?

Answer 4

understand info given to them
retain that info long enough to be able to make a decision
weigh up the information available to make a decision
communicate their decision