Reuter S R
AJR Am J Roentgenol. 1987 Jan;148(1):219-27. doi: 10.2214/ajr.148.1.219.
Because of the procedure-oriented nature of their specialty, radiologists obtain informed consent from patients daily. This paper attempts to help the radiologist obtain informed consent without incurring malpractice liability by discussing the important legal concept of simple consent as distinguished from informed consent, the elements a patient must prove to succeed in court with an allegation of lack of informed consent, the varying state requirements about the amount of information the patient must be given, the persons who must obtain consent from the patient, and the persons who can give consent for the patient. Consent for IV injections of contrast medium and consent forms are discussed because of the current controversy on these subjects. Courts and state legislatures have usually addressed only specific aspects of informed consent. However, except for the amount of information that must be given the patient, the courts have been relatively uniform in their requirements. Therefore, it is likely that a state court faced with issues of informed consent about which no law exists in their own state will use the existing law in other states as a precedent and adopt similar rules. However, each radiologist must be familiar with the specific rules for informed consent that have been developed by the courts and legislatures in the state in which he or she practices.
由于其专业的程序性本质，放射科医生每天都要获取患者的知情同意。本文试图通过讨论简单同意这一重要法律概念（与知情同意相区别）、患者若要在法庭上指控缺乏知情同意而成功必须证明的要素、各州对必须向患者提供的信息量的不同要求、必须从患者处获得同意的人员以及可以为患者给予同意的人员，来帮助放射科医生获得知情同意而不承担医疗事故责任。鉴于目前关于这些主题的争议，本文讨论了静脉注射造影剂的同意以及同意书。法院和州立法机构通常仅涉及知情同意的特定方面。然而，除了必须向患者提供的信息量外，法院在其要求方面相对统一。因此，面临本州不存在相关法律的知情同意问题的州法院很可能会以其他州的现行法律为先例并采用类似规则。然而，每位放射科医生都必须熟悉其执业所在州的法院和立法机构制定的知情同意的具体规则。
