Afolabi O A, Fadare J O, Ajiboye O T
Department of Ear, Nose, and Throat, University of Ilorin, PMB 1515, Ilorin 240213, Nigeria ; University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital, PMB 1459, Ilorin 240212, Nigeria.
Department of Pharmacology, Ekiti State University, PMB 5363, Ado-Ekiti 360221, Nigeria.
Case Rep Otolaryngol. 2014;2014:120985. doi: 10.1155/2014/120985. Epub 2014 Jul 8.
Informed consent is a foundational concept necessary for ethical conduct of clinical research and practice. It is a technical tool that shifts the autonomy to decide whether a medical procedure should be performed-from the doctor to the patient. However there is an ongoing discussion in bioethical circles on the level of comprehension of the informed consent process by the patients and research participants. We present this case vignette and the discussion afterwards to explore the question of to what extent a patient comprehends the information given to him/her before a surgical procedure is carried out. In other words, the question being asked here is how informed is informed consent in the context of oto-laryngological practice.
知情同意是临床研究和实践道德行为所必需的一个基本概念。它是一种技术手段，将决定是否进行医疗程序的自主权从医生转移到患者身上。然而，生物伦理学界一直在讨论患者和研究参与者对知情同意过程的理解程度。我们呈现这个病例 vignette 以及之后的讨论，以探讨在进行外科手术前患者对给予他/她的信息理解到何种程度的问题。换句话说，这里提出的问题是在耳鼻喉科实践背景下，知情同意的“知情”程度如何。
