Informed consent legal theory and clinical practice (Oxford University Press, 2001)
Includes bibliographical references and index
Informed consent : framing the questions -- The concept and ethical justification of informed consent -- The legal requirements for disclosure and consent : history and current status -- Exceptions to the legal requirements : emergency, waiver, therapeutic privilege, and compulsory treatment -- Exceptions to the legal requirements : incompetence -- Legal rules for recovery -- Critical approaches to the law of informed consent -- The role of informed consent in medical decision making -- Consent forms : documentation and guidance -- Managed care and informed consent -- Patients who refuse treatment -- The independent evolution of informed consent to research -- Fulfilling the underlying purpose of informed consent to research -- The limits of informed consent -- An agenda for the future