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Leonard J Haas

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PubMed1991

Hide-and-seek or show-and-tell? Emerging issues of informed consent.

This article reviews key philosophical and legal underpinnings of mental health professionals' obligation to obtain informed consent from consumers of their services. The basic components of informed consent are described, and strategies for clinically and ethically appropriate methods of obtaining informed consent are discussed. Emerging issues in informed consent involving duty to assess and protect against client dangerousness, obligations to third parties, and issues of deception are considered as well. The article proposes that part of the process of obtaining informed consent is the cultivation of a treatment environment that emphasizes beneficence and client autonomy.

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Changing family physicians' visit structuring behavior: a pilot study.

OBJECTIVE: This study assessed the degree to which family physicians elicit patients' agendas and negotiate the agenda of the medical visit, related this behavior to late-arising patient concerns and satisfaction with the visit, and assessed the degree to which visit-structuring behavior can be modified by a brief workshop. METHODS: We reviewed 65 audiotaped clinic visits conducted by three experienced family physicians before (36 visits) and after (29 visits) a workshop on structuring outpatient visits. We also collected patient and physician satisfaction ratings through post-visit questionnaires. RESULTS: Patient concerns were explicitly elicited in 64% of pre-workshop visits and 90% of post-workshop visits. Significant increases occurred in agenda setting (14% of pre-workshop visits, 52% of post-workshop visits), agenda negotiating (0% of pre-workshop visits, 38% of post-workshop visits), and physician satisfaction with visits. CONCLUSIONS: A brief continuing medical education intervention improved family physicians' visit structuring.

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