RevResum

RESUMEN - Vol. 28 - Nº 1 - Abril 2013

TEXTO COMPLETO

INICIO

Consentimiento informado

Dr. Guido Berro Rovira1

1. Médico legista. Profesor ex Director de Departamento de Medicina Legal de la Facultad de Medicina de la Udelar. Profesor de Medicina Legal de la Facultad de Medicina Claeh y de la Facultad de Ciencias Jurídicas UDE. Académico, Academia Nacional de Medicina.
Recibido enero 1, 2013; aceptado febrero 4, 2013


KEY WORDS:  | INFORMED CONSENT-legislation & jurispudence | INFORMED CONSENT-standards | INFORMED CONSENT-ethics | PATIENT RIGHTS | ETHICS, MEDICAL |
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Summary

In this review we emphasize the importance of the Informed Consent in clinical practice, its ethics and legal fundaments; explaining that we underline bioethic and medico-legal aspects together with the most recent legal regulations establishing obligations of the medical professionals and rights of the patient that can not be ignored.