- Title
- Implied consent and nursing practice : Ethical or convenient?
- Creator
- Cole, Clare
- Date
- 2012
- Type
- Text; Journal article
- Identifier
- http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/64830
- Identifier
- vital:4713
- Identifier
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https://doi.org/10.1177/0969733011436028
- Identifier
- ISSN:0969-7330
- Abstract
- Nursing professionals in a variety of practice settings routinely use implied consent. This form of consent is used in place of or in conjunction with informed or explicit consent. This article looks at one aspect of a qualitative exploratory study conducted in a Day of Surgery Admission unit. This article focuses on the examination of nurses' understandings of implied consent and its use in patient care in nursing practice. Data were collected through one-on-one interviews and analysed using a thematic analysis. Nurses participating in this study revealed that they routinely used implied consent in their nursing practice. This article will look at whether implied consent supports or impedes a patient's autonomy. © The Author(s) 2012.
- Relation
- Nursing Ethics Vol. 19, no. 4 (2012), p. 550-557
- Rights
- Copyright The Authors
- Rights
- Open Access
- Rights
- This metadata is freely available under a CCO license
- Subject
- 2201 Applied Ethics; 1110 Nursing; Autonomy; Day of Surgery Admission; Implied consent; Nursing; Qualitative
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