{"title":"Informed consent for contact lens patients","authors":"OD, JD, MS Michael G. Harris","doi":"10.1016/S0141-7037(94)80022-7","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The legal doctrine of informed consent mandates that the practitioner provide sufficient information so a patient can refuse or consent to an optometric procedure in a knowledgeable, willing and intelligent manner. Informed consent is especially important for contact lens patients. The informed consent procedures presented here are simple and straightforward. They should be a natural part of optometric practice and will better educate patients about the benefits and risks of the proposed course of treatment. Failure to comply with informed consent requirements can be a major source of liability for contact lens practitioners.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100842,"journal":{"name":"Journal of The British Contact Lens Association","volume":"17 4","pages":"Pages 119-134"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1994-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S0141-7037(94)80022-7","citationCount":"1","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of The British Contact Lens Association","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0141703794800227","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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The legal doctrine of informed consent mandates that the practitioner provide sufficient information so a patient can refuse or consent to an optometric procedure in a knowledgeable, willing and intelligent manner. Informed consent is especially important for contact lens patients. The informed consent procedures presented here are simple and straightforward. They should be a natural part of optometric practice and will better educate patients about the benefits and risks of the proposed course of treatment. Failure to comply with informed consent requirements can be a major source of liability for contact lens practitioners.
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