OPTIMIZING THE INFORMED CONSENT PROCESS WITH ELDERLY PEOPLE
- 1 January 1990
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Educational Gerontology
- Vol. 16 (3) , 245-257
- https://doi.org/10.1080/0380127900160302
Abstract
While the avowed purpose of informed consent is to inform, this objective has been shown not to have been met in many situations, particularly with elderly people. The assumption that a single methodology for informed consent would suffice for all people may underlie this failure. The view of consent within a simplistic paradigm of how a person seeks, obtains, and assimilates information in order to make a decision needs to be expanded. This article presents a conceptualization of the informing process and adaptations of the consent process that may help to more completely fulfill the primary goal of informed consent.Keywords
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