Informing is an initiative behavior of medical staff in their clinical practice. Besides, informing is a key principle of informed consent. The number of cases of infringing upon patient’s informed consent is increasing because of the underestimate or ignorance of the obligation of informing. This paper discusses the concept, significance, content, and procedure of informing as well as the relationship between informed consent and informing.
Citation: LU Ruiping,WANG Jianhua,XU Peiru. Progress and Challenge of Patient Safety—Informed Consent and Informing. Chinese Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine, 2008, 08(12): 1138-1140. doi: 10.7507/1672-2531.20080247 Copy