A history and theory of informed consent [[electronic resource] /] / Ruth R. Faden, Tom L. Beauchamp, in collaboration with Nancy M.P. King

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910784558403321
• Autore: Faden Ruth R
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York, : Oxford University Press, 1986
• ISBN: 1-280-43928-9; 1-4237-6352-1; 0-19-974865-9; 1-60129-589-8
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xv, 392 pages)
• Altri autori (Persone): BeauchampTom L; KingNancy M. P
• Disciplina: 344/.73/041/09; 347.3044109
• Soggetti: Informed consent (Medical law) - United States - History; Consent (Law) - United States - History
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographies and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents -- Part I. FOUNDATIONS -- 1. Foundations in Moral Theory -- Principles, Rules, and Rights -- Three Principles -- Balancing Moral Principles and Rights -- Conclusion -- Notes -- 2. Foundations in Legal Theory -- Moral Principles and Legal Rights -- Common Law and the Legal Doctrine -- Constitutional Law and the Right to Privacy -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Part II. A HISTORY OF INFORMED CONSENT -- 3. Pronouncement and Practice in Clinical Medicine -- Problems of Historical Interpretation -- Codes and Treatises from Hippocrates to the AMA American Medical Practices in the Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries -- The Arrival of Informed Consent -- Conclusion: Everything's Changed, and Nothing's Changed -- Notes -- 4. Consent and the Courts: The Emergence of the Legal Doctrine -- Reading Law -- Consent Before the Twentieth Century -- The Early Twentieth-Century Cases: The Birth of Basic Consent -- 1957-1972: Consent Becomes Informed -- 1972-Present: Informed Consent Flourishes -- Conclusion -- Notes -- 5. The Development of Consent ; Requirements in Research Ethics -- Consent in the Biomedical SciencesConsent in the Behavioral Sciences -- Conclusion -- Notes -- 6. The Evolution of Federal Policy Governing Human Research -- Early Federal Recognition -- Two DHEW Agencies from 1962-1974 -- Later Federal Developments: Two Commissions and New Regulations from 1974-1983 -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Part III. A THEORY OF INFORMED CONSENT -- 7. The Concept of Autonomy -- Autonomy and Informed Consent -- Three Conditions of Autonomous Action -- Is Authenticity a Necessary Condition? -- Conclusion -- Notes -- 8. The Concepts of Informed Consent and Competence -- Two Concepts of Informed Consent -- Competence to Consent: The Gatekeeping Concept -- Conclusion -- Notes -- 9. Understanding -- Understanding and Authorizing -- Criteria of Substantial Understanding -- Standards of Understanding and Disclosure -- Communication and the Understanding of Information -- Conclusion -- Notes -- 10. Coercion, Manipulation, and Persuasion -- Coercion -- Persuasion -- Manipulation -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Index.