Consent Consensus: Time for a National Site-Specific Consent Form for Radiotherapy?
Informed consent ( ‘consent’) is defined in the Cambridge English Dictionary as ‘agreement or permission to do something from someone who has been given full information about the possible effects or results’. Clinical oncologists obtain consent regularly as part of routine clinical practice, including when pl anning treatment with radiotherapy. Radiotherapy delivered with either curative or palliative intent comes with the risk of serious adverse effects, both in the long and short term. This makes the process of taking consent particularly important.
Source: Clinical Oncology - Category: Radiology Authors: E. Kenney-Herbert, M. Mylonas, J. Todd, K. Tipples Tags: Editorial Source Type: research