Clearly argued and written in nontechnical language, this book provides a definitive account of informed consent. It begins by presenting the analytic framework for reasoning about informed consent found in moral philosophy and law. The authors then review and interpret the history of informed consent in clinical medicine, research, and the courts. They argue that respect for autonomy has had a central role in the justification and function of informed consent
requirements. Then they present a theory of the nature of informed consent that is based on an appreciation of its historical roots. An important contribution to a topic of current legal and ethical
debate, this study is accessible to everyone with a serious interest in biomedical ethics, including physicians, philosophers, policy makers, religious ethicists, lawyers, and psychologists. This timely analysis makes a significant contribution to the debate about the rights of patients and subjects.
Clearly argued and written in nontechnical language, this book provides a definitive account of informed consent. It begins by presenting the analytic framework for reasoning about informed consent found in moral philosophy and law. The authors then review and interpret the history of informed consent in clinical medicine, research, and the courts. They argue that respect for autonomy has had a central role in the justification and function of informed consent
requirements. Then they present a theory of the nature of informed consent that is based on an appreciation of its historical roots. An important contribution to a topic of current legal and ethical
debate, this study is accessible to everyone with a serious interest in biomedical ethics, including physicians, philosophers, policy makers, religious ethicists, lawyers, and psychologists. This timely analysis makes a significant contribution to the debate about the rights of patients and subjects.
PART I: Foundations
1: Foundations in Moral Theory
2: Foundations in Legal Theory
PART II: A History of Informed Consent
3: Pronouncement and Practice in Clinical Medicine
4: Consent and the Courts: The Emergence of the Legal Doctrine
5: The Development of Consent Requirements in Research Ethics
6: The Evolution of Federal Policy Governing Human Research
PART III: A Theory of Informed Consent
7: The Concept of Autonomy
8: The Concepts of Informed Consent and Competence
9: Understanding
10: Coercion, Manipulation, and Persuasion
"It ought to become a landmark synthesis in the literature of this
important idea in bioethics and law."--Journal of the History of
Medicine
"A helpful and often authoritative account of informed consent that
moves comfortably between empirical and philosophical
approaches....An important work within [these] traditional
areas."--American Political Science Review
"Faden and Beauchamp's book ranks with the best....A fascinating
and important history...a rigorous conceptual analysis."--New
England Journal of Medicine
"The only comprehensive treatment of a notion that has become
increasingly important in a number of areas....Should be required
reading for judges, medical professionals, policymakers,
philosophers, and researchers in all fields that involve human
subjects."--Choice.
"A much-needed study of the history in America of the development
and theory of informed consent. . . . Well worth reading."
--Lineacre Quarterly
"An up-to-date compendium of the history of medical, moral, and
legal thinking about informed consent, topped off by a provocative
and novel interpretation of the conceptual foundations of this
important doctrine."--Journal of the American Medical
Association
"An exhaustive history of informed consent, both in the context of
research and treatment...Lucid and informative."--Medical
Humanities Review
"Integrates disciplines, issues, perspectives, and time-frames into
a thorough, multilayered analysis....The breadth of this work gives
it richness and resonance."--Hastings Center Report
"In addition to its substantive contribution and its excellent
scholarship, A History and Theory of Informed Consent is remarkable
for its organization, clarity, and logical exposition. It adds
immensely to our capacity to think through the problems of informed
consent in both its ethical and procedural senses."--Contemporary
Psychology
"A fair and balanced treatment of a subject that is often learned
by example. It clearly sets forth the history of informed consent
in legal and medical practices, providing the reader with a firm
grounding in the principles that govern informed consent.
Understanding these principles and the reasons behind them will not
only help you deliver information more accurately to your patients,
but it will also guide you in many decisions that you may have to
make
when discussing options with patients and their families. This is a
lesson with the price of the book." --American Academy of Physician
Assistants
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