[Informed consent in physiotherapy: proposal of a form].

UNLABELLED

The aim of the work is to highlight the need, the duty and the obligation also for the physiotherapist to obtain a valid informed consent of the patient.

MATERIALS AND METHODS

The authors, starting with the informed consent forms that already exist for physicians, offer four modules tailored to the needs of the physiotherapist, specific to each field of rehabilitation.

RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS

Such informed consent may be very useful to physiotherapists to fulfill the obligations of giving information and obtaining consent from patients. At the same time it allows physiotherapists to obtain all information they need about patient's condition and permit patient to understand the proposed treatment and adhere to it.