The Consent and Ethics module looks at issues that are found in everyday practice. Students will have an understanding of the meaning and importance of 'competence' and 'consent' and appreciate how consent issues differ due to patient factors.
This module will cover:
- Principles of patient autonomy
- Assessment of capacity
- Informed consent
- Consent and Minors
- Patients who lack capacity
- Patients detained under the mental health act
- Jehovah's Witnesses
- Euthanasia