nstructions for the Paper:
Limit your response to 3 pages, not including title and reference pages.
Be sure to utilize at least 3-4 scholarly references to support your discussions.
Be sure to properly cite your references within the text of your assignment and listed at the end.
Be sure to apply critical thinking skills to the write-up of your assignment, especially for numbers 1, and 2 above.
Write Up:
Review the case Informed Consent in Louisiana – Lugenbuhl v. Dowling.
First, identify the elements of the legal citation- plaintiff, defendant, court, location of case etc.
Explain the meaning and importance of the doctrine of informed consent.
Discuss why we have this doctrine and what would happen if we did not.
Discuss the two elements that must be present for informed consent to exist under the law.
In a legal case of negligence and liability explain why the basis for negligence may be battery, unconsented touching, or breach of a duty imposed on the doctor to disclose material information.
Explain the elements that must be present for a patient to give informed consent.
Please utilize ONLY these references for the term paper:
A Practical Guide to Informed Consent. Temple Health (2007). http://www.templehealth.org/ICTOOLKIT/html/ictoolkitpage1.html
Informed consent Russell G. Thornton Proc (Bayl Univ Med Cent) 2000 April; 13(2): 187–190.PMCID: PMC1312305 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1312305/
Informed Consent in Louisiana – Lugenbuhl v. Dowling, 701 So.2d 447 (La. 1997), rehearing denied (Nov 21, 1997) Guide http://biotech.law.lsu.edu/cases/consent/Lugenbuhl.htm
PMCID: PMC2374810 Ethics in Public Health Research: Privacy and Public Health at Risk: Public Health Confidentiality in the Digital Age. Meyers, Frieden, Bherwani and Henning.
