Informed Consent: Article Analysis

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In this article “Informed Consent” has two different aspects on the reasoning of informed consent. In one way informed consent could mean the patients makes the decision on it own and go through the steps that the doctors provide them with. An additional way of informed consent can lead into the physician making the decision and the choice they believe is best for the patient. While the patient that gave authorization for the physician to make the choice can also lead an affect on the patient by thinking that they had made the wrong decision. It might impact on the patient in the long run and lead to risk. Having a medical practitioner make the decision for you can lead to being more risky but also can benefit you. This would be a good potential