Informed consent: a possible reality

Fabiano Maluf, Flávio Nader Gross de Araújo, João Geraldo Bugarin Júnior

Objective: Bioethics, as practical and applied ethics, has gradually contributed with Dentistry working field. Methods: The search for ethical basis has led dentists to seek guidance in bioethics for their professional activities. Results: The concern with a healthy professional-patient relationship deserves to be highlighted, in which the respect for patient’s autonomy, in detriment to paternalistic and asymmetric attitudes, has been increasing valued. Conclusion: This article presented an Informed Consent model in Surgery field that may be used both in public and private scopes.

Keywords: Personal autonomy. Informed consent. Bioethics. Dentistry.

How to cite: Maluf F, Araújo FNG, Bugarin Júnior JG. Termo de Consentimento Livre e Esclarecido: uma realidade possível. J Braz Coll Oral Maxillofac Surg. 2016 set-dez;2(3):32-8. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.14436/2358-2782.2.3.032-038.oar

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