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The Conceptual Legal Structure of The Patient's Right to Informed Consent.

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Informed consent has been inconsistently conceptualised as a right, an immunity or even a power in the hands of the patient, which leaves its legal definition as partially indefinite. From… Click to show full abstract

Informed consent has been inconsistently conceptualised as a right, an immunity or even a power in the hands of the patient, which leaves its legal definition as partially indefinite. From the norms of the CHRB, a legal theory stance and the proposals of celebrated authors - namely, W.N. Hohfeld, H. Kelsen and R. Alexy, I will provide a steady conceptual structure for the subjective legal positions of the parties involved in the healthcare relationship regarding informed consent.

Keywords: informed consent; structure; legal structure; structure patient; conceptual legal; patient right

Journal Title: European journal of health law
Year Published: 2022

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