Journal
JOURNAL OF PATIENT SAFETY AND RISK MANAGEMENT
Volume 24, Issue 2, Pages 71-75Publisher
SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD
DOI: 10.1177/2516043518820148
Keywords
Consent; Relevant Information; Mental Capacity; Decisional Autonomy; Mental Capcity Act
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Implicit in the assertion that an individual has consented to/has capacity to decide, is the concept that the individual has understood that which needed to be understood, retained the same and used/weighed this information as part of their decision-making process and thereafter communicated their wishes in whatever way possible. What invariably underpins the decision-making process is the information available to the individual (relevant information) and how this information is influenced by the functioning of their mind/brain. Consent given without an individual having processed the information relevant to the decision at hand is arguably invalid. This paper seeks to draw attention to the underpinning role of what the patient needs to know - (relevant information) in the correct determination of an individual's decisional capacity.
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