Ethics of Preanesthesia Mandatory Laboratory Testing.
Anesthesiol Clin
; 42(3): 473-490, 2024 Sep.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-39054021
ABSTRACT
Some practices require mandatory preoperative laboratory testing for select patients presenting for anesthesia and surgery. Such mandatory preanesthesia laboratory testing has significant ethical implications related to informed consent and patient autonomy. Assumptions that a patient provides "presumed consent" by merely presenting for a test are flawed because such consents are often not informed and do not acknowledge patient autonomy. By placing a condition on access to a medical treatment, mandatory preanesthesia testing may not be ethically justifiable. Not all laboratory tests are "ethically equal"; several raise specific questions regarding informed consent, related to their potential to cause significant harm.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Preoperative Care
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Informed Consent
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Anesthesia
Limits:
Humans
Language:
En
Journal:
Anesthesiol Clin
Journal subject:
ANESTESIOLOGIA
Year:
2024
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
United States
Country of publication:
United States