Probability and informed consent.
Bayesianism
Decisions
Frequentism
Informed consent
Medical ethics
Philosophy of medicine
Probability
Journal
Theoretical medicine and bioethics
ISSN: 1573-0980
Titre abrégé: Theor Med Bioeth
Pays: Netherlands
ID NLM: 9805378
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
12 2023
12 2023
Historique:
accepted:
07
07
2023
medline:
14
11
2023
pubmed:
8
8
2023
entrez:
8
8
2023
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
In this paper, we illustrate some serious difficulties involved in conveying information about uncertain risks and securing informed consent for risky interventions in a clinical setting. We argue that in order to secure informed consent for a medical intervention, physicians often need to do more than report a bare, numerical probability value. When probabilities are given, securing informed consent generally requires communicating how probability expressions are to be interpreted and communicating something about the quality and quantity of the evidence for the probabilities reported. Patients may also require guidance on how probability claims may or may not be relevant to their decisions, and physicians should be ready to help patients understand these issues.
Identifiants
pubmed: 37552358
doi: 10.1007/s11017-023-09636-0
pii: 10.1007/s11017-023-09636-0
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
545-566Informations de copyright
© 2023. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature B.V.
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