Healthcare professionals and patient information: a fresh look from the new italian law on consent
V. 172 N. 2 (2021), Commentary
V. 172 N. 2 (2021)

Healthcare professionals and patient information: a fresh look from the new italian law on consent: doi: 10.7417/CT.2021.2293

Commentary
Pubblicato 2021-03-16
Matteo Bolcato
Department of Molecular Medicine, Legal Medicine, University of Padua, Padua
Matteo Sanavio
Department of Cardiac, Thoracic, Vascular Sciences and Public Health, Legal Medicine, University of Padova, Padua, Italy
Giacomo Fassina
Department of Cardiac, Thoracic, Vascular Sciences and Public Health, Legal Medicine, University of Padova, Padua, Italy
Daniele Rodriguez
Department of Molecular Medicine, Legal Medicine, University of Padua, Padua
Anna Aprile
Department of Molecular Medicine, Legal Medicine, University of Padua, Padua
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Parole chiave

healthcare professionals
informed consent
advance care planning
nurse
self-determination

Abstract

This article discusses the importance of providing patients with adequate information and creating the care relationship, particularly focusing on the role of healthcare professionals in this activity. It examines the main legislative references on this topic at a European level and the new law, No. 219/2017, in Italy on informed consent that serves as a starting point for recalling important legal and ethical principles regarding the information to be provided to patients in the therapeutic relationship.

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